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Old Nov 17, 2004 | 6:31 am
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Originally Posted by stevens397
Back to the catalog - it's beyond belief! Looking at the point value versus the retail price of the items results in values of way under one-half cent per point. I guess they think that the beautiful pictures will make us stupid. It's a sham and I hope that Marriott has to swallow the cost of this debacle. I hope that my fellow Marriott point holders are too smart to waste their points in this way. I'm disgusted.
Absolutely, the value of the gift compared to points made me laugh (cry). I deposited the gift catalog to the round file.
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