WTB: VFD for 53131A

[pizzigri]

Title says all....
a year ago on Ebay these VFD panels could be purchased for less than 100$ shipped. Now, somehow, price is doubled. While the 34401 VFD can be NOW be purchased for less than 30$ (when i was looking for a replacement, a couple years ago, it also was above 70$.... WTF?).
Does anyone on the forum have a spare that I could have for the above mentioned 100 shipped? I am in Italy....

Forever grateful for any help in the right direction!

Best, Franco

[coromonadalix]

for the 34401a   i've paid them aroud 35$ usd  on Aliexpress,  they were clones of the originals,  but prices have changed,  tons of stuff  became unreasonably priced

Maybe a search on their website ??

[ebclr]

https://it.aliexpress.com/item/32963797699.html?albpd=pt32963797699&acnt=708-803-3821&aff_platform=aaf&albpg=1235868946262&netw=u&albcp=9594021539&sk=UneMJZVf&trgt=1235868946262&terminal_id=496c3b87262a44789589de4e77443da4&tmLog=new_Detail&needSmbHouyi=false&albbt=Google_7_shopping&src=google&crea=pt32963797699&aff_fcid=12c5465e8b9944538b7fe199bae125a3-1627710757373-00851-UneMJZVf&gclid=CjwKCAjwxo6IBhBKEiwAXSYBsxFsc8z_CMiFut9Tq5utoCSy9grV6YMdhH8oFFZk8_DYZavAzrdF8BoCB9IQAvD_BwE&albag=98688865133&aff_fsk=UneMJZVf&albch=shopping&albagn=888888&isSmbAutoCall=false&aff_trace_key=12c5465e8b9944538b7fe199bae125a3-1627710757373-00851-UneMJZVf&device=c&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Qw3rtzuiop]

The price increased indeed. I Bought one for 65€ shipped to germany last year. The listing isnt available anymore
But here is one for 70€ + VAT:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000266780135.html?
But the pictures are showing the wrong vfd. You should ask the seller before ordering.

@ebclr @coromonadalix
The vfd for the 34401a is different and available for ~30€ in the last years. That doesnt solve the 53131a vfd problem.

[pizzigri]

Hello,
Yes I tried asking the seller, let’s see what he says-  and I’ll aslo ask the 34401 seller if he has 53131a displays. I have little hope but you never know...
Thanks to everyone, in any case if some nice forumer has a spare I’m interested!

[artag]

Noting how the 34401A displays dropped in price, I was waiting for the 53131A displays to do the same. They dropped from $100 to$70 but then dried up.