Dealers charging a fee for using a credit card


I’m wondering if this is the new trend of dealers charging customers anywhere between 3 and 4% fee on the total sale if paying by credit card?   I was going to buy a brand new item online for 5K, but stopped dead in my tracks when I found I was going to have to pay a 3.9% fee for using my Mastercard!  The fee would have been almost $200.00!   Since this dealer has mostly online sales, it sounds like a big money grab to me. Between the 5K price, add $275.00 for shipping and 200 for paying by CC plus sales tax of $300.00, it would have cost me $5775.00.  I cancelled before I clicked send.  I called the dealer and was told that is the cost of doing business on the internet, so I basically told them to pound sand. 
 

Two weeks ago, I had all new brakes and rotors replaced on my 2020 Tucson with only 22K miles on it.  The bill was $1375 and I paid with my card.  When I got the statement, there was a CC fee of $37.00 added to the bill.  I went back to the Hyundai dealer and was told all businesses do this and he pointed to the sign.  I told them I saw the sign but paid with my DEBIT CARD, not a CC.  I was told it didn’t matter.  When I asked how many transactions were in cash, the service writer told me one out of fifteen pay in cash.  This makes me sick to my stomach.  
 

I would like to hear from others who have dealt with this. 

stereo5

@parkergetdean , very presumptuous on your part.  I have plenty of money.  The internet dealer only takes CC and PayPal which I have both.  They want 3.9% if you use PayPal.  Your comment was truly something a jerk would say. I hope you feel good about yourself.

@stereo5  I have no idea what you are talking about. What I said was 110% neutral and factual and not in any way meant to degrade or disrespect any groups, demographies, generations or businesses. Which part did you find offensive?

I never said:  ALL people who use credit cards don't have money OR the ONLY time people use credit cards is when they don't have money. No, people use credit cards for many reasons with or without money.

What I said was: Millennials and Gen Z (vs Gen X and boomers) don't have money. They use credit cards because they have no money, or much less.

Lastly thanks for letting me know that you have a lot of money. Most people here do, they are insanely wealthy by my standards. Enjoy.

@parkergetdean wrote:

What I said was: Millennials and Gen Z (vs Gen X and boomers) don’t have money. They use credit cards because they have no money, or much less.

Nonsense. Some don’t, but some do.

 

@parkergetdean "yes, if you have a brain and use it for critical thinking"

 

Let’s, for the sake of argument, assume I don’t have a brain and am not capable of critical thinking.

Please explain how CC fees "hide tariffs" and why retailers would want to do so?

Take your time.