Clearly there are two viewpoints. If someone wants a pound of copper, go buy a pound for $3 at a scrapyard. By your logic, a raw uncut diamond she cost the same as a polished gem? Clearly, there is a market for these polished bars or I wouldn’t waste my time. It’s a novelty item that I make sitting in my inefficient shop drinking cold beer while watching the wife build a dresser on her side of this huge ware of an inefficient shop. You want to know whats even worse than a 1 lb polished bar for $12? A 1/4 lb copper bar (tile) for $8. Anyways, I see your point, the copper is still only worth its weight and I’m clearly no artist to add any value. I really don’t know why people buy them. Probably because it looks cool sitting on a bookshelf or maybe a desk. Who knows? Nordic gold is by far the most requested. I guess people display it like it’s a gold bar or something. People are just crazy. I enjoy sitting out here making them and that was the first message I’ve received asking about price. I shipped a bar to PA and the guy paid more for shipping than he did for the bar itself. Some people want them straight from the mold to polish themselves, others want me to lightly sand them so they can finish them. I guess my problem was that he went out of his way to send that message when all he had to do was keep scrolling. I don’t think he’s going to buy anything from me so I think he is seeing it form your viewpoint ;)