Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: This is junk and it doesn't last 9 months

I got this for Christmas last year. I hardly use the thing and when I have I have been very careful in placing the ipod on and off of it. I can no longer play an ipod on it as there is no sound or too much static - apparently a short of some sort. I was shocked as it had been used maybe 10 times by my wife and I. Read all of the reviews I am not the only one who now has an overpriced doorstop. Save your money and buy something else.Take your time and read through the "cotton candy" 4-5* reviews which bump this up to an artificially high rating of 3* and you will see one consistent pattern, the connection to the ipod is very poor, the alarm doesn't function, and they feel it is overpriced.