Winning bidders shall pay 15% online buyers premium, no exceptions. On top of the 15% buyers premium we charge a 3% convenience fee for all credit card payments. We do accept checks, money orders and wire transfers at no additional fee. Indiana residents shall pay a 7% state tax on all purchases unless they provide a resellers certificate. We do not test trains or guarantee the operability of anything in the catalog, trains or otherwise. These items are many times 40 to 100 years old and will need maintenance or lubrication before attempting to operate them. The items are ALL graded on appearances ONLY, never on operability. All items have been graded as per TCA standards that are as follows: C1 Junk-parts value only C2 Restoration required C3 Poor- requires major body repair: heavily scratched, major rust, missing parts, major restoration candidate C4 Fair-scratched: moderate, paint loss, dented, missing parts, surface rust, evidence of heavy use C5 Good- sign of play wear: with scratches and minor paint loss, small dents, minor surface rust, evidence of heavy use C6 Very good: minor scratches and paint nicks, minor spots of surface rust, free of dents, may have minor parts replaced C7 Excellent-all original: minute scratches and paint nicks, no rust, no missing parts, no distortion of component parts C8 Like New-complete all original: No rust, no missing parts, may show affects of being on display and/or age, may have been run C9 Factory New-brand new: all original, unused, may evidence factory rubs and the slightest evidence of handling, shipping and having been test run at the factory C10 Mint-brand new: all original, unused and umblemished.