the cutting's pictures

Is that a pothos?

The variegation is not too bad on that one. I often see Monstera cuttings that are TOO white go for outlandish prices. Ideally there would be slightly more white/mottling, but I would not at all hesitate to get a plant like this one, especially if the price was good (and the prices of these have been ridiculous recently). The variegation is decent. BTW the amount of white in these has nothing to do with inheritance/genetics per se. You have a chimeric mixture of cells without chlorophyll and normal green cells. This plant will most likely continue growing with a similar amount of variegation, some leaves more and some less. If you make a stem cutting, and new growth comes out of the variegated portion it may be much whiter, if it grows out of a green section of stem if may have little or no variegation.

The photo is a little dark.......I am assuming the stem is not rotted or brown where the person is holding it...........and rather it is just a dark photo(?).

Unlike some other "rare" or at least expensive plants this one is actually pretty easy to grow.

By now you have either gotten it, or didnt buy it. So, if you got it. Good for you!!! It IS a very young Monstera Variegate,on an older stem. That is how I got mine years ago. It is not a pothos. It is better to have a lot of green in a variegated plant like this. if it were all white, there would be no chlorophyll to feed the plant. And it would die fast. As it ages it will put out different degrees of white and green. But you need the green leaves/sections for the plant to live. The white or other colors on plants don't produce food for the plant, so they dont thrive, or they die off, if no green at all is produced. Hope you bought it. If you did, maybe you can post a current picture?