I bought a pair of these last year and have had no problems. Then a few weeks ago I bought a total of 7 of these to accompany with Christmas gifts and 2 of the 7 remotes didn't work. 2 that didn't work, I noticed that the little white tabs that you pull out of the battery are tucked deep inside and I had to remove the battery case to pull the tab out. But these 2 remotes still didn't work. I suspect they were damaged when the small tabs were originally put in place. I contacted the seller and he quickly sent me 2 replacement remotes.