I previously reviewed this item and gave it 5 stars. What changed? I bought a second one. The first was truly five-star worthy. Even now, several month later, it is waving like no tomorrow, even in the dimmest of light. The one I got today will barely wave in the same amount of light. You have to shine a flashlight directly on it to get full waving. Also, it is painfully obvious to me that this maneki neko is a cheap rip-off of the first one I received. It looks very similar, but the plastic is cheaper and the item is much lighter in weight. And not working nearly as well. Perhaps this item (the version I received today) is not worthy of 2 stars. But compared to the item I should have gotten, it is worthless. And I would have been appalled in any case to have paid $10 for such a pathetic product. Worse, I see some evidence on the item to suggest this may not be it's first time out of the box (but I cannot, of course, prove this). So Amazon, THIS IS TWO STARS FOR BETRAYAL.