[9YearLurker]

The “plus 50” sounds like a classic opening negotiation position, meant to be negotiated away to get to a stronger-than-otherwise negotiated position.

[Wonder Warthog]

"The “plus 50” sounds like a classic opening negotiation position, meant to be negotiated away to get to a stronger-than-otherwise negotiated position."

Bingo. In the second and third world, it's called "haggling". Standard negotiating technique pretty much everywhere.

[Cobra64]

Yup. And those who take this at face value are fools.