Pithy_Cherub

Speaking as a long-time eBay buyer, of course! It's not getting much in the way of nibbles 'cuz the seller expects someone to pay by money order only & then wait a minimum of 4 months for shipping? That's way out of the time frame that eBay would step in to help anyone that had a problem w/a non-performing seller. I'd have to know or have done mucho business w/any seller to trust a transaction like that one (& I STILL wouldn't bid - even if I knew 'em!). Their feedback isn't bad, but there's absolutely NO protection for the person that wins this one. If (s)he wants to wait that long to ship, they should have waited later in the year to list it. I would pay in advance to a nursery (IF I had the cash, LOL!) to have a plant held in reserve, but not eBay. There's a reputable seller right that has acouple of the Ae'Ae listed right now that if I had the cash I WOULD buy from (they aren't even auctions - they're listed as 'But It Nows'). And no 4 month wait for shipping.

"Important: I will not ship this plant until the weather warms,(Mid April @ the earliest) NO EXCEPTIONS."

It's supposed to have been purchased "a couple years ago" ... but has only 3 leaves & doesn't look to be that mature, to my unexpert eye anyway. I want an Ae'Ae, badly ... but that's just a bit too risky for the prices they've been ending at on eBay lately. Better to wait & straight up buy it later from a nursery or another seller w/ a good rep.

But it sure would be nice in my yard!