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

look at homeowner/homebuyer stats lately @devinplombier ?

I'm unsure what those "homeowner/homebuyer stats" are exactly or how they are relevant to my point, but if you're asking whether I possess an in-depth knowledge of the real estate market in my metro area then yes, I do.

 

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Gouging and started during/after COVID. We stopped going to restaruants near us that starting teacking that fee on top of sales tax, tip and the over priced meal. I don't like being faced with either having to carry cash or knowing that I'm paying 5% more than I should be. Businesses are just trying to shift as much of their cost onto a customer as possible which at some point becomes absurd. Like you, I vote with my wallet- now the dealer who wastring to bang you for $200 for a credit card fee lost out on the entire sale itself, which undoubtedly had more than $200 profit. Keep voting with your wallet. 

@parkergetdean

"if you don’t have a clue, I won’t do it. It’s pretty simple, nothing to explain."

 

So you have nothing.

Got it.

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