What a piece of shit! I have never experienced this even with the worst "china"! The stand is like proud that there are no screws. Well - I wish there were! I didn't understand the raising and lowering of the stand at all. Like - grab it and jerk it up or down with force? Of course, in my case, hypothetical question, this stand of mine has a thread sheared off at a critical point - the post to leg connection. What kind of moron can cut an internal thread in a thin-walled sheet metal pipe! So non-functional, unrepairable - and I'm very curious to see how Muziker will handle this. At this point I can see myself at the post office with a package to Slovakia with a pretty fat postage fee, or on my way to the dumpster on the estate.