The parts don't fit together. I read the return instructions and no, I am not going to pay to have a defective item returned. I was really looking forward to having this fountain in my room and am extremely disappointed. It is small for the amount of money it costs,  and cheaply made, but still pretty, and I was looking forward to using it. I've now worked on it every day for two weeks and cannot get it to work so I wasted that money and it's going in the trash. Last time I buy from this company.