Hello folks -
Hope all are well. I am relatively new to this hobby and have a question here and in a separate post regarding the value of our machines.
I came across four machines for a very reasonable price a couple of weeks ago and have been taking pictures and trying to get a list together to place an order. On two of the games that are in pretty good shape (dig dug and super pac man) I noticed that all of the boards as well as the monitor have the game's serial numbers all somehow attached to them.
My question is, does this, as it does in some cars, have any positive effect on value (e.g. would one choose to rebuild that particular monitor versus replace it, so that the numbers would still match).
My guess is over time, so many boards may have been replaced and monitors trashed that it may not matter but wanted to get thoughts.
Thanks -
-Scott
Hope all are well. I am relatively new to this hobby and have a question here and in a separate post regarding the value of our machines.
I came across four machines for a very reasonable price a couple of weeks ago and have been taking pictures and trying to get a list together to place an order. On two of the games that are in pretty good shape (dig dug and super pac man) I noticed that all of the boards as well as the monitor have the game's serial numbers all somehow attached to them.
My question is, does this, as it does in some cars, have any positive effect on value (e.g. would one choose to rebuild that particular monitor versus replace it, so that the numbers would still match).
My guess is over time, so many boards may have been replaced and monitors trashed that it may not matter but wanted to get thoughts.
Thanks -
-Scott

