Yeah most of the time you dont get your money back. Even on some investment / collectible cars. Yet again, you just need one idiot to go out and pay a insane price for a car, say at Shannons and watch the price jump. Ive seen it many times.EXAMPLE if that that Ebay white 2 door was at Shannons and 2 Jap billionaire had a bidding war and it fetched $50K, does that mean your ute or coupe is NOW worth $15 - $20K - $30K ?? It happens with property and it happens with cars, gem stones, stamps, coins, bottle of wine etc. Lin Fox paid $300K over the reserve price for a GT back around 2007, then everyone wanted $600K+ for a GTHO. Another Bloke went out shortly after and paid $680K then unfortunally had to sell it shortly after and only fetched $330K. It's called impulse buying. Price new 1971: $5300
Value 2007: $683,500
Value 2008: close to $1 million
Value 2010: $331, 000