Buy a boat with a credit card?

[Pajaro]

In Dec 2011 I bought a used Passat from a new car dealer and put the whole thing ($18,500) on a credit card. I negotiated the total price before we talked about payment methods, so I know they didn't raise the price to include the transaction fee.

I am military and they knew I was putting the car on a boat the next day to ship to my next duty station in Europe, so I had to have the title and the car that day and couldn't wait even 24 hours. When it came time to pay I explained that my bank's closest branch was 7 hours away, so I couldn't get a cashier's check in time. I gave them 2 options: they could either accept a personal check from me or they could let me put the whole thing on a CC. They took the CC...

[Pajaro]

I'm sure there were lots of other options besides the two I offered, but I wasn't going to volunteer them. And yes, I paid off the credit card the next day!

[pb4uski]

You didn't want to wait for the bill and then pay it on the due date and get 20-50 days of float? (Not that float is all that valuable these days).

[Pajaro]

I would have waited, but I really was moving overseas. It's a pretty chaotic experience (I've moved back and forth 5 times), and I wanted to tie up every possible loose end ASAP so I could focus on finding a house, etc.