RBT B1-00116 Black Brass Tabletop Corkscrew Puller

Screws into cork then unscrews from cork. Cork stays in bottle. Total waste of money…..A day after posting this one star review, I finally figured out how to fix my problem. In the hope of helping others (I see many similar complaints) here’s what I did:On the inside of the device where the neck of the bottle fits, there is a black plate which can be pushed slightly away from the handle. When in the “pushed in” state, the corkscrew does not rotate when the handle is lifted. This is the key to the solution.So what you do is:1) insert the wine bottle with the handle in the up (corkscrew retracted) position2) adjust the corkscrew assembly to sit on top of the bottle using the small lever on the back side to allow the assembly to move up and down3) secure assembly by closing the small lever4) pull down on the handle to make the corkscrew spiral into the cork5) slightly push the neck of the bottle toward the device which will cause the small black plate to move backwards and lock the corkscrew6) lift the handle and hey presto,, the cork will be extracted from the bottle!! [...]