A few weeks ago I bought a table with built in lamp from a friend at a garage sale, similar to this one. It was very rickety and it wasn’t until last night that I had a chance to check it out. All I had to do was tighten 10 screws and it’s good as new.  The man who carried it to the car for me held it very gingerly and said nothing when he placed it in the trunk.  I didn’t know how rickety it was but hey, she only asked $5 for it and the lightbulb was worth $2.  Anyway, once I cleaned it up and checked it out, all it needed was the screws tightened and 6 drops of super glue. Had she done that, she could have asked $20 for it and i’d have been glad to pay it 🙂