confusion with itadaku in manga passage

yellowjello

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so this is from dragonball, where the speaker meets up with an old lady who has a dragonball, and is now trying to strike up a deal with the old lady.
dou? obaasan. sono tama watashi tachi ni itadaketara...
so i know the speaker is trying to say "how about it obaasan? if you give us that ball..."
but i am bothered by the use of "ni" after watashi tachi. it seems like in this case the verb should be "kureru" or "kudasaru" instead. from what i learned about morau/itadaku, it seems that "watashi tachi ni itadaku" means "we receive from us" since using itadaku already implies that the speaker is receiving something.
Am I analyzing this sentence incorrectly?
 
に is tricky, it can indicate both the recipient and the giver with いただく. Thus, it's the former case here.
 
Yes. もらえたら/くれたら/くださったら are also the same in meaning, i.e. except the level of polliteness.
 
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