Review on Christmas Snow Globes: Sparkly Glitter Snow Globe Lantern with Music for Festive Decorations & Collectibles - USB/Battery Operated by Maria Miller

advantages: 1) inexpensive 2) beautiful and bright when connected to the mains! 3) it's heavy so I didn't have to glue it like everything else. Cons: 1) Only works over the network. I bought this because it can be battery operated and I needed it for a newly designed miniature Christmas village that I was building. Inserted new batteries, does not work. Correct insertion verified, √. So I bought 2 more packs of batteries from different brands and they still didn't work. I was so disappointed that I hand made the village before it arrived and got everything working on batteries. I reserved this as the center piece and everything else was placed and glued. This is the only item I have personally purchased. I couldn't put it in the yard for all my neighbors to see because it had to be plugged into the mains and the outlets with extension cords were nowhere near close by. So its black cable ran through the village ruining the view and couldn't cover it the way it was built. 2) The timer didn't work. I wanted to return it for a new one but it was long out of stock and my last return day was 3 days ago. I would give this 5 stars if I could run on batteries to get the perfect magical Christmas village. All my neighbors missed it. A few friends were able to look into my backyard and fell in love with the village - an eyesore. I tried asking a question above hoping the company would email me to fix it but it said it couldn't post. Try again later? I will try again and if there is a solution I will change my assessment.