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...
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