Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: severe fading issues

I received this mailbox cover as a 2006 Christmas gift. It went out in my garden area in March and by the middle of April had faded to a light blue. I have tried repeatedly to contact the manufacturer and the phone message box is always "full" --no wonder if everyone else has the same problem I did. Maybe if these are kept indoors they are good but I sure did not have any luck at all with it lasting and holding the color in my yard.--Kathleen in KS