I would have liked to use this...I assumed that I would get what is pictured, the base with the post part to put the umbrella in, but that was missing.  I thought maybe the post part was just mistakenly forgotten, so requested replacement of that...got another one, which was just the base again, and no post.  was told that this is how it's sold.  very misleading and deceptive picture!  see second pic, it clearly shows the post part included.  buyer beware!