I've just received an LCD shield that came in a DFRobot branded box from this vendor on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCD-Shield-Arduino-/320919256375?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab8473d37
The circuit diagram, for the version 1.0 I have, has a 10K resistor between D10 and the base of the transistor. I haven't tried it yet but I would say that the board I have has been fixed.
Martyn.