unsure if this is my mitm surveillor traffickers whom i am likely emailing right now, or ebay itself

i tried a different vendor but the same thing happened


i buy 4 for ostensibly $2.26 each, $2.26 x 4 = $5.04


then ebay gives me a discount from $11.80 to $10.64, surreptitously more than doubling the price 0.0

what entity is getting the extra x2 price?