# Have I bought a

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-bought-a/363502>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 7, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-bought-a/363502 "2006-07-07T14:47:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-bought-a/363502/1 "2006-07-07T14:47:04Z")

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I bought a floor lamp off eBay; the seller said it was a Stiffel. Got the lamp yesterday and proceeded to put it together. Well, the base of the lamp has a few scrape marks on it, which I was going to overlook because I like the lamp so much, but then I noticed two bad dents in the base. I then noticed the “made in China” label on the bottom of the base. I don’t want to assume that anything made in China is cheesy, but it’s possible the lamp is a knockoff. I’ve already sent a message to the seller about the dents and scrapes. Any idea where Stiffel lamps are made?

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**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-bought-a/363502/2 "2006-07-07T14:49:26Z")

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That’s the title that I didn’t finish in previous post because my cat made me accidentally post it too soon.