well guys, no to rant or offend
the display itself is not expensive, and for now peoples are lucky to get it ... one day nor far away, there wont be
keysight for the old 34401a in the end asked a mere 200$ usd for the vfd / front panel, no longer available, 34410a 34411a vfd's no longer available, only the clones ones can save your instruments or oled's hacks
Fluke 8845 8846 if you can get them expensive as hell ...
Shipping from Canada or Usa to euro zones, believe me, even some cheap shipping will cost $$$, some companies don't want to use simple / standard mail carriers if they don't offer tracking
Even In Canada from the Usa i can not select very cheap carriers, no tracking = no shipping ....
in the end if your instrument works fine, but display is bad, it is still a good investment to get a new display to extend his life ... now many used instruments are showing on many sites with dim vfd's, and or the sellers don't power them up and you buy them as is ... = no luck
i could not buy used ones because the sellers did not want to power them up, they know ...