I think we all agree on that: the dollar-numbers they associate with the rewards are way out of whack with the value of the rewards - if we were actually talking about US currency.

But the key with e-Rewards is to throw out the dollar-number they associate with the rewards and ask yourself is the effort needed to earn those 3000 HH points worth it to you? Whether you need 50 or a million of their e-nuggets is irrelevant: it's merely a question of how much time you have to invest to get to your desired reward level and whether that is worth it to you.