I think it was worth the money.   I wanted to put on my own  lights because I have migraines and am very sensitive to some lights.   3000 lights later and 6 boxes of ornaments and I’m  very happy with it.   Very easy to put together, but plan to spend a lot of time fluffing.  I have a lot of heavy ornaments and was nervous but branches are secure.   Biggest complaint is  it was hard to attach a star on top because the tallest branch was not centered on my tree.  Despite having a lot of ornaments it was hard to conceal the trunk.  There is some sort of covering that makes the trunk look more realistic but the hinges are hard to hide (2nd pic)  if you use a tree skirt and are used to having a real tree you will need to adjust a bit given how narrow the trunk is.   I used ornament hooks to hang mine.    All and all I’m  very happy with my purchase.