Originally Posted by
aabowman
A few months ago I purchased a Certified Pre-Owned BMW for my wife. When I asked the salesman about using a credit card, he had to call the sales manager over. The sales manager told me that the back office would only allow $2500 on a credit card. After a little more discussion, I was able to get him to sign off on using my Skymiles AMEX for $7500. This was enough to get me to the next 10000 Medallion qualifying mile threshhold.
Gee, you would think that the above quoted post would put this thread to bed for good. Car dealers can do or not do anything they want to. There really are no unbreakable rules. Not all that long ago, I bought a $25,000 car with my UAL MP Visa. After the deal was agreed on, I mentioned I needed to put it on a card. Dealer said no. I said Goodbye. Dealer said well, OK. But... It doesn't have to be quite that harsh. If the REALLY want to sell you the car and they DON'T smell blood (read the earlier posts--from some of you they will), you can always go back and forth a bit. It's costs them about 2% on a Visa. If you just let them add 2% to the final car price, you are buying miles for .02 and not costing them a thing. You SHOULD be able to do better than that. Remember these guys have a LOT of profit to play with and the salesman even can fool with his commission. Anything is negotiable. Remember, after the deal is all made, the dealer will take another shot at you with his F&I guy trying to sell you more stuff you don't need. Just shows that no deal is final until you are gone with the car.