TIL311 displays for S100-IDE board

[Ian McLaughlin <i...@platinum.net>]

Hello all,

I'm in the millde of building the S100-IDE board to drop in to my NorthStar Horizon.  The final pieces showed up today, but there's a bit of a problem, and wondering if anyone else has seen this?

I acquired 10 TIL311 displays from an eBay seller but when they arrived, they have an obvious gouge on the display surface that has been filled in with a black marker.  All 10 of them.  To me it looks like factory seconds that were marked with a gouge.

Here's a picture:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j8lmciw8n9kys13/IMG_3182.jpg?dl=0

Has anyone else seen these displays like this?  I've filed a dispute with the seller because they are nothing like the condition of the picture in the auction.  I'll give them a go, but esthetically they're terrible.

Any suggestions on an inexpensive source for these displays in non-gouged-and-filled-in state?

Thanks.

Ian