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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 3:54 pm
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sjefenole
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So I have a quote from a dealer for 34,475.
He offered me a deal if I wanted to put it all on AMEX for 36,975 claiming that we would split the 3% AMEX charges.

Yeah right, I take the 7.3% and you get an additional 4.3%.

If we split it I would end up just shy of 35K which is OK for me. If I go for a 5% Cash back card with 0% APR for 12 or more months I am netting almost a 4,000 discount given I can keep my money in a 6% savings account.

I cannot seem to find any point rewards cards that do this. There are ThankYou cards but they only have 6 months of intro APR.
The Citi Platinum Amex doesn't have intro APR for purchases.
I could alternatively go for a BT over to Chase after using the Citi Platinum Amex.
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