Shopping on Ebay for plants (can get expensive)

[Sonny]

I don't shop on Ebay for plants very often but I have developed an interest in Sansevierias recently and thought I'd check out the selection over there.  Lots of moderately priced, interesting specimens but then I found this Sansevieriea powellii http://cgi.ebay.com/SANSEVIERIA-POWELLII-TRUE-SPECIES_W0QQitemZ170227678304QQihZ007QQcategoryZ42211QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem.  The current high bid is $710!   

[LeeAnne151]

Do you know about the Sanseveria forum at Garden Web? I bet you can exchange cuttings there.

[Sonny]

Yes LeaAnne.  I check it out on occassion.  So far it hasn't been very active but I've enjoyed reading through all the old posts.

[Sonny]

Holy Mother-In-Law's Tongue!  It's up to $961.-- with a day and a half left to go. 

[Sunbeam56]

http://cgi.ebay.com/EXHIBITION-FICUS-BONSAI-TREE-75-YRS-OLD-SHOWPIECE_W0QQitemZ220244846098QQihZ012QQcategoryZ20524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Bonsai regularly are offered for extraordinary prices, too. Don't recall one ever selling, tho.

I wonder if they are "shilling"... shilling is when you get a friend to pump up the price, and then at the last minute the friend drops out when a sucker bids against you...

I've been the sucker before. 

[Sonny]

Sunbeam... I think I've been shilled before too.  That's why I try to stay out of auctions like this one.

[Sonny]

oh em gee... it sold for $1625...  I wonder if the buyer noticed the blemish on the second leaf from the bottom on the left.   

[miguynmkoi]

   Is the plant getting its own seat on the plane too? 

[LeeAnne151]

Hosta and daylily folks pay big big bucks for new varieties all the time. I read their forums a lot on Garden Web. I walked away from a hydrangea I wanted the other day because the only size was a three gallon for $23.