House example nails it.

I subtracted money from a house I bought once because IT HAD a pool. Literally, the first day there, before anything was unpacked, a railroad spike and sledge were taken to the sides (above ground, obviously), any aluminum was thrown on the trailer for a scrap run, and the area where that some'bitch sat was re-graded and seeded.

Same goes for Harleys; people are nuts if they think someone is going to pay extra for that comically oversized billet front wheel (because you yourself paid $6k for it!).

Game wise, I see this constantly, and it prevents me from being a buyer for a number of reasons.

First, I'm not sure of the quality of the install, and I don't trust many people with intricate mechanical work. How many times have you torn a game down for a shop out, only to find a bunch of hardware missing or incorrect or hacked together? It's annoying.

Second, your tastes probably don't match mine. I'm a warm white led, cliffy, white-rubber-with-color-appropriate-flipper-bands-and-that's-it kind of guy on my games. I like stock looking games. Powdercoating and dolls add nothing for me except extra work to un-mod the game.

But since we're on the topic, @Taxman, what do you feel about the shooter rod on the Incredible Hulk that we both play?

I think you've told me before that you die a little bit on the inside every time you plunge the ball, haha.

I always try to orient it the same way every time I plunge (In my case 12 and 6). It's a simple annoyance to a lot of us, and I'm sure that that makes Jim laugh his ass off.

FTR, I hate it too.