Wow, I must be living right lately. Yesterday DH and I were exploring a new local liquidation store and imagine my surprise and delight at finding the newer desktop flexible OTTLite for 13.99 brand new in the sealed box! Yup, it is now sitting next to Paloma to help with threading all those little holes. Cheapest I have seen one was between $40 - $$65. Happy feet dance again! I wish you all the kind of luck I have had lately!