i also have to purchase the favor items over and over again, it's rather annoying...

Are you sure it's consuming points when you buy favor items? For me it does not consume them--my number of favor points stays the same from game to game, plus whatever I win in each game.

Is it consuming points for others?

Mine is not cosuming points. Wish it would. Oh how i liked to collect the items.

GPG has identified the problem and will be fixing it so a fix may be available in the next build. We have a pending update that doesnt include this fix yet so I dont want to say it will be in the "next" update.

Thanks for the update! Even if it isn't quite what we'd hoped to hear

thx T-Man,  for the honest reply....appreciated.....put myself in patient mode then....

Ya, knowing people know about a problem, and are working on it, sure lowers the "upsetedness" of people's posts.  Thanks.