Does anyone find this ebay ad to be misleading

[craftemp]

Someone is selling 315,000 annual points at Atlantic City Skyline Tower..
The ad says that the maintenence/tax cost is $152
They neglect to say that it is MONTHLY - and not Annual.
Don't the fees normally get listed as Annual cost?

 

[Keitht]

Without a link to the actual auction it's difficult to make a definite appraisal of the advert. On the face of what you say I would agree that the maintenance figure is extremely misleading. If the Points figure stated is an annual figure it would be reasonable to expect the m/f figure also to be annual.
What it does help emphasise is the absolute necessity to be certain of what you are purchasing before bidding, and definitely before closing the sale.

 

[e.bram]

Common sense would dictate it could not be a yearly MF, so it is not misleading

 

[Teresa]

I don't think 'common sense' is at play here

Common sense would dictate it could not be a yearly MF, so it is not misleading

Granted, all of us TUGGERS know that the fee seems too low to be annual so our common sense says it's not annual. However, someone who doesn't know any better (new to what and how timeshares work) might take it as written.

Mixing a stated usage point value with a stated m/f sorta implies to me that both are using the same measuring stick (annual or monthly?). I hope there is no intentional misdirection here. Hopefully any bidders will clarify with the seller. Hope the SELLER knows to state what seems obvious to us - at least when asked.

Ebay is a huge marketplace and MANY people with all different levels of knowledge go there to shop. I'm currently in the market for a tankless water heater and the 'technical stuff' listed in some of the listings is confusing to me but to someone who knows this stuff it's obvious. Same goes for most things.

 

[theo]

MAY not be intending to deceive...

Someone is selling 315,000 annual points at Atlantic City Skyline Tower..
The ad says that the maintenence/tax cost is $152
They neglect to say that it is MONTHLY - and not Annual.
Don't the fees normally get listed as Annual cost?

I'm certainly not defending this unidentified, unknown advertiser, but if this is the one and only timeshare which they own and if they are billed mf's on a monthly basis (such as Wyndham does, for example), then the advertiser may simply have listed that which they know to be true within the limitations of their own experience. While it may well not accurately reflect annual cost, it may also not have been intended to be deliberately "misleading".

Then again, I don't know either the facility or its' billing practices, so "monthly billing" may not apply there at all.

 

[Keitht]

Common sense would dictate it could not be a yearly MF, so it is not misleading

It's only common sense if you have a prior knowledge of maintenance fees.

Mixing a stated usage point value with a stated m/f sorta implies to me that both are using the same measuring stick (annual or monthly?).

Precisely. Mixing accounting periods is confusing whether or not that is the intention.

if this is the one and only timeshare which they own and if they are billed mf's on a monthly basis (such as Wyndham does, for example), then the advertiser may simply have listed that which they know to be true within the limitations of their own experience.

I accept that if m/f's are billed monthly that will be the figure available to the seller, but any risk of confusion could be avoided by the simple act of putting (Monthly) after the m/f figure.
The OP has not at any point claimed or suggested that there is any intent to deceive, simply asked if others find the ad misleading.