Originally Posted by Yukonprince
Some tips #1 - When I bought my car I had to pay 1.8% above $10,000 to use the card. I wrote to Visa after to see if it was legal to pay "extra" to use the card. They really waffled on the answer being neither yes or no. However two weeks later I received a refund cheque from the dealer out of the blue.
When I bought my little VW on a CC, the dealer tried to do the same and charge me the merchant fee. That is until I told him that I always understood that to be against the law. Not sure if it actually is on the books as such, but in my TA life always understood it as a no-no.