I started with vids, but once I got into pins and realized I could keep them running and even "make them better than when I bought them" I never looked back.
I will likely sell my 2 slot neo geo mvs (buyer coming this weekend). That is my last arcade; I have owned it since ~2002. Sad to see it go, but I play my least played pin a million times more than it... so it is just taking up space and is something the kids play with their friends to rarely to justify keeping....