I think the free VAL giveaway is stopped and that's a positive news for the coin.
Actually free coins ruined the market totally. Hope it will revive soon. The dogecoin exchange price has increased a bit but still there is no buyer in bitcoin.
Hope people will understand and stop selling VAL at 1 satoshi.
If people cant do anything about the coin then all they have do to is sell it rather than keeping it,just look at how many coins has been distributed for free.
I got these coins for free. Why should I get rid of them? What do I risk if I keep them, waiting and hoping for good money in the future?
I had 0 money before, now the val I have value few dollars, which is better than 0. If I lose them I will be back to 0 again, no big problem. But what if val will grow and I will make big money someday? I think that your advise to sell it is wrong or you have hidden interests.