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Marriott Sells Expensive Bears

March 5, 2008 at 8:55 AM | by amandak | 5 Comments

Browsing the online ShopMarriott, the online portal for buying all the merchandise that Marriott Hotels creates, we were a bit disturbed to discover that the large-sized Marriott Bear will set us back $96. It's not even that cute. Granted, $24 of this goes to a food bank charity but if we were ever somehow persuaded that we needed a Marriott Bear, we'd go for the small one ($16).

While we could almost imagine giving a Marriott Bear a cuddle, another item on sale under the Marriott brand is something altogether too irritating--one of those projection alarm clocks. Not only does it tell you the time, and is always correct since it's got one of those atomic sensor things, but it then projects the time in large figures onto whatever surface you choose.

We've seen these before and our immediate thought is always how dreadful it must be to be having a sleepless night and to see these huge digital figures ticking over slowly on the ceiling above you. But there are gadget geeks who go for this sort of thing, and they'd be pleased to hear the Marriott projection alarm clock will also display the indoor temperature and humidity, and at $39, it's a lot cheaper than the large bear.

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  1. CourtneyMay

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: Marriott Sells Expensive Bears

    If $24 goes to charity, then these things should cost $25...
    March 5, 2008 at 9:56 AM
  1. iamdanny

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: Marriott Sells Expensive Bears

    marriott bears are the softest things ever!
    March 5, 2008 at 10:39 AM
  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    Re: Marriott Sells Expensive Bears

    this is going to sound weird, but that bear's smile reminds me of bill marriott. check it out.
    March 5, 2008 at 12:08 PM
  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    Re: Marriott Sells Expensive Bears

    and i actually prefer this type of bear to the W's depressed one. it looks like my dog does when i don't give him some of my cheeseburger.
    March 5, 2008 at 12:09 PM
  1. iamdanny

    HotelChatter Member

    Re: Marriott Sells Expensive Bears

    the more i stare at the bear, the more it looks like bill marriott.  i don't want the bear anymore.
    March 5, 2008 at 1:39 PM

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