This is done.

sue36, you are looking at hours:minutes:seconds there, so the other bid was entered six seconds before the end, not 6/100ths of a second. When you are outbid and the winning bidder wins by a small amount, this is almost always one bid increment. He may have put in a bid that was much higher but he only has to win by one bid increment, so that's all that he has to pay. Ebay's bid proxy system works really well this way. Once in awhile someone will win by less than one bid increment but I think this is only when his bid was entered before yours. Maybe. It's happened to me on both ends many times in nine years of ebay buying and selling. Someday I'll look at this more closely and figure out the details! Ha. When you put in an amount, always add some change to foil those who bid in even dollar amounts. For example, if you are willing to pay $25.00 for something, make your bid amount something like $26.88. You'll beat anyone who is also thinking $25 is a good price, and you'll beat those who think that going a few cents more (like $25.01 or $25.50) is a smart tactic. Sometimes I go one odd-number notch up and then another just to be safe, and more than a few times this has been necessary to win! And usually if you're willing to pay $25, then another dollar plus change is not a big deal. Oh, and I've been using Auctionstealer for many years and am quite happy with it. I used the free snipes for a long time and then started paying by the year for their service. I think only once they failed to bid for me and I have not had any problems with security at all.

I've gotten the most amazing hoyas from Eugene on eBay but this one made me do a happy dance! "Still Life With Hoya and Dishtowel" I'll need to get a decent camera - my smartphone doesn't hold a candle to the images y'all post!

"Is it worth it"? Well if people are paying those prices I guess it is worth it to someone. I was lucky enough to get one of these a while back (also a small offset) in a trade but I lost it. Personally I am not that excited by this cultivar. I have a variegated moonshine with random lighter striping which I like much better......almost lost this one too but managed to save it. Prices of some plants are crazy. Variegated Monsteras go for crazy large sums of money at this time so I occasionally sell a cutting on ebay.