HP-71B LCD Problem! How Common?

[rprosperi]

(02-17-2019 01:46 AM)Namir Wrote:  The atual seller is working through a clearance vendor on eBay. That vendor wrote me and said that after I informed him about the LCD problem, he tested two more new HP-71B units he had AND FOUND THAT THEY HAD TEH SAME LCD PROBLEM!!! He claims that this is a common "bug" based on what he found on the Internet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not sure I am buying it!

I call BS. It is extremely unlikely that multiple units have the same unheard-of before now problem; it's not even likely the vendor bothered to test the units, he's just coming up with an excuse to not swap you a good unit for the bad one you have. Ask the vendor to send you links where he "found" this information; when he can't, I'd demand a swap for another unit, which I suspect will miraculously self-heal on its way to you.