I think that few say if they actually buy a coin but the time is this because it can go back to increasing the value of it at any moment (@ $319.48/ETH)
For now it looks like ETH is under bad reputation and we must be putting our steps very carefully. ETH can be potential investment now but looking at the current performance of ETH it looks very dangerous investment. It has not come to the point where it started back in the time. It might be good but not good with what other altcoins and platform has to offer to us. There are more good option and far better opportunity so who can tell whether ETH is good or not.
Do you think Ethereum is bad reputation it is your fault because all the cryptocurrencies are down in the market so you may consider the bad reputation but still most of the new projects are follow the Ethereum smart contract.
May be Ethereum is the best potential investment in long term because I believe the Ethereum technology.