I collect Marlins, if Remington made a decent product I'd own one. I HAVE owned a few, but only as placeholders till I could find a JM stamped version. They all had flaws, mostly just cosmetic, but nothing you could fix unless you were VERY careful. I check once a month or so, I have NEVER NOT found a Marlin that didn't have a defect that didn't require being sent back to Marlin to fix. Been doing it for 10 years since they purchased them. That said, they do have some that ARE nice, all I'm saying is that you need to inspect them before taking delivery. I'd sell them myself, but right now 30% of what I see in the stores are not right so out of every 10 I'd buy I'd have to return 3 or 4....no thanks.
At that price they are asking for, you could purchase a JM stamped model. I really wish Remington would make a quality product....but hey, it's been about 10 years now...maybe they'll get it right this year.