Actually its not so bad. If you are lucky enough to get in on the 5x special.... You will have 50,000 Nook points in no time. I just keep purchasing the White Katana for 29,000 out of the catalog over and over again until I have 50,000. Then I just go to my mailbox and sell them back to nook for a small price. I lose cash on it, but I like having all the points.