I totally agree. I actually have them for sale. I like them and while I don't make much money on them, they do sell.
From an investment perspective, I don't think copper rounds are for me. But as a collector I wouldn't mind adding a couple ACEs to my collection. At first it does sound like a rip off, because of coppers less then attractive investment potential. If I had the money to waste I'd like to buy a few tubes to keep on hand and use them as poker chips. Maybe in conjuction with some circulated silver dollars. it would be kind of old-timey.