It's so funny that the only objectively correct way to buy something on eBay these days is to view an item and then go away, and wait for the unsolicited cheaper offer to come in your email. If you just buy something right away you'll always get the worst deal.
@misty I was looking at an old computer on an eBay listing just for reference. No intention of buying it. Seller has since emailed me two offers lowering his price to 25% of the original listing. Still not interested, but good to know he likes to wildly inflate his estimates. 😆