That may very well have been the only solution in your case, depending on what you have. But many light sockets by themselves are fairly standard as a lot of different fixtures use the same bulbs, so have similar sockets. Several years ago I replaced a rusted socket in a car I had ...couldn't get the right fixture but got a different salvage yard fixture that used the same bulb and ripped just the socket out of it. Then about a year ago one of our reading light sockets in the motorhome fell apart. When I went looking for a new fixture or similar socket at an rv parts store in San Antonio, the parts guy showed me that all I really needed to fix it was a "tail lamp socket pigtail", which he had in stock for $3.56.
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