Like testz mentioned, check out the bitsharestalk forum and discover your own opinion.
All I can say, really. For all the technological marvel, Bitshares marketing has been pretty poor and information is not that easily accessible. It also means that if you make a bit of effort you will be getting them at a discount than otherwise possible.
You are right ...
- marketing was and in some parts still is poor
- information was difficult to gather but now there is plenty of infor on the wiki.bitshares.org
- the last statement is absolutly true .. if you invest some little time to get what bitshares is all about you might gain alot by investing (legal: not an investment advice)