Cat Mate C200 Automatic Feeder

I bought this assuming from the pictures it was a timer feeder but it just the replacement bowls for the feeder. Bowls are fine, but pricy though.

The feeder worked two or three times before it packed up. You can still programme it, but nothing happens. That's actually worse than if it wouldn't turn on at all: at first you think it's working, leave the house, and come back – only to wonder why the cats are starving even though they haven't eaten anything. In fact, they couldn't eat anything because the feeder didn't rotate even once, despite being programmed.