Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: SHORT LIFE TIMERs - Intermatic

I have purched 4 of these over the last decade. They simply wear out after a couple of years. Intermatic must have a monopoly on the stores around my area, because 10 years ago, it was the only mechanical timer I could find. And don't bother trying to contact Intermatic to say your $40 timer doesn't work anymore- they simply blow you off. I thought perhaps the 1st two were simply lemons, but after 4 - don't buy them. The electronic versions don't wear our, come with motion/light sensors, and cost half as much. I have held a romantic notion of having a mechanical wind up - 'cause I could tell it was still working, and could see how much time was left. But the intermatic models just aren't worth the money.