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SirPeale:

Alan17 is right, and Dave_K is right too, each in a different respect.

Partswise, the cabinet is worth more, and could be parted out for likely about the $100 that is being asked.  Just remember, though, that those parts *are* used, and the value drops dramatically.  $90 for a coin door?  New, sure.  That's kinda rough (but not too bad) and would need some work to get it nice.  The controls?  I'd likely strip them out, toss them on eBay and use that money to but some new stuff.

By itself it's worth around $50.  It's got a 'dead' monitor in it, and depending on what's wrong with it (for all we know it just needs a fuse replaced) it's worth the gamble for $50.

If it had a working monitor it'd be worth the $100.

MoonDog:

I appreciate all the discussion here!

I was thinking along the lines of Dave_K when considering this cabinet.  I figured $25 - $50 could get me a completely empty cabinet.  Some of the extras here such as coin door, potentially fixable monitor, etc. might make the difference.  From what I'm hearing, that's probably not the case.

Acording to the seller a cap kit will likely fix the monitor (which he would sell to me for $10), but he said it was dim when it went out so I'm guessing it's not worth the effort.  I've already got a several dead PC monitors and TVs that I'm going to have to pay to have disposed of, I don't need another.

I agree that it is still less expensive than building one from scratch, but on the other hand it's not a new, built from scratch, cabinet.


SirPeale:


--- Quote from: MoonDog on September 10, 2004, 07:53:08 pm ---Acording to the seller a cap kit will likely fix the monitor (which he would sell to me for $10), but he said it was dim when it went out so I'm guessing it's not worth the effort.

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Can you find out what kind of monitor it is?  If it's a G07, there's tons of info on this monitor, and yes it would be worth it.  Either way, you could take this monitor and sell it if you can't get it working.  Someone will buy it.

Tailgunner:

A completely MDF cab is pretty much worthless, they don't even make good firewood. The CP, marquee, JAMMA harness, coin door, bezel, and power supply are all usable (or ebayable) bits and their combined value are what the cab's actually worth.


On the other hand, $50 will buy you a complete working game at auction, I've bought three for less than that. $25 will get you your choice of several empty cabs at auction. Since they can't power it up monitors in empty cabs are assumed to be broken. (If the monitor worked, the operator would have likely pulled it to keep as a spare, or at least pulled the chassis board.) This one would end up in the last row, and would likely sell for minimum bid.

tshizzle.com:

well I should clarify, I paid $100, plus $50 shipping for a Nintendo Mario Bros with no monitor.  Beat up worse than that Neo Geo though

Guess maybe I overpaid a bit after reading this thread, but I couldnt find ANYTHING down here in the Miami area local.

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