Buy Program

How does it work

Getting a Cash Offer for your Model Trains typically involves us valuing your collection based on an inventory list and making a preliminary offer. Once we receive the collection, we will evaluate and appraise the collection and offer you a bid to purchase your collection. Unlike selling your trains via our Model Trains Consignment Service, you receive your cash up front

There are a variety of reasons that you might prefer to get a Cash Offer, although every situation is different.

What are our steps:

• Qualify the Purchase:
  • The first thing we do is to determine if your collection is a good candidate for us to purchase.
• Inventory the Collection: 
  • To get the process kicked off, you will typically provide Advanced Model Solutions with an inventory list of your trains. We provide an Inventory List Excel template in Excel or PDF format that shows the information we need to accurately value the collection (primarily Quantity, Manufacturer and Model Number), but we also accept (but do not encourage) hand-written lists. Typically, you will email us the filled in Excel spreadsheet (the best option), or scan and email your list to Advanced Model Solutions. If you these options don't work, you can also fax your list. In situations such as an Estate Sale or when it is not feasible for you to provide a list, in some cases Advanced Model Solutions can arrange to inventory the collection on your behalf. If it's a small collection, we will ask you to drop it off or mail it into us to be inventoried, with an agreement to ship it back to you at your expense if we cannot come to an agreement.
• Value the Collection: 
  • Once we have made an inventory of the collection, we will send the trains through our proprietary Advanced Model Solutions valuation process, to determine the Market Value of the trains.
• Make the Offer 
  • Based on the Market Value, Advanced Model Solutions will tender an offer for the collection.
• Prepare the Contract: 
  • If you accept the offer, Advanced Model Solutions will write a contract for the purchase, which lists the offer amount and describes the terms of the purchase, including the payment schedule, whether the deal is to be shipped, dropped off or picked up, and any other special conditions. We will typically send a draft Purchase Agreement ahead of time, so you have time to review it. Sometimes the contract will be signed ahead of time, and sometimes it will be signed at pick-up.
•  We Get It
  • Ship or Pick-Up the Collection: If the collection is to be shipped, we will send FedEx or UPS labels to you so that you can ship the items to Advanced Model Solutions headquarters. If Advanced Model Solutions has agreed to pick up the collection, we will place you on our pick-up schedule when our pick-up team will be in your area.
• Sign the Paperwork
  • Execute the Contract: At the time of pick-up, Advanced Model Solutions will have you sign the contract and provide fully executed copies of the contract to you.
• You Get Paid!
• At the time if pick-up, we make full payment or a partial payment, depending on the payment terms we agree to. In the case of small deals that were mailed in, we typically send out the check once we have inventoried the collection.