My wife and I have a floor lamp that she bought a long time ago that she dearly loves. Personally, I don’t care for it at all, but my wife loves it. It has a 3-way socket that has finally quit working so I bought a new 3-way socket and some new wiring so that I could rewire the entire lamp. I like working with my hands, and even though electricity intimidates a lot of people that I know, I took a few courses a long time ago and I know how to work with it.
It took a few minutes to take the lamp apart and re-wire it, but it was well worth it. The lamp works again, and my wife is a very happy camper! If you have a lamp that you (or your wife) dearly love(s) and the socket dies, just re-wire it! It is a money saving and environment saving thing to do!