Re: o.k., here's something to rile nearly everybody

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
Gloria P <gpuester@xxxxxxxxxxx> news:6urm68Fgv5b3U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
in rec.food.cooking

Every time I have offered a credit card to pay for something big like that (cars, furnace, replacement central a/c) the vendor has offered a
substantial discount if I paid by cash or check. Each time the
discount was worth way more than whatever air miles, rebate, etc. I
would have received from the credit card.

Hon, we paid cash for both our cars at the same dealership. The first car was in Oct '07. The 2nd car was in Feb '08. Gas prices were astronomical. We got an incredible deal on the first car. They practically gave us the 2nd car. We couldn't be more pleased with the deals we got. Cash seemed to have some clout when it came to negotiations.

Michael


I also think we shouldn't be locked out by merchant agreements from getting a cash discount. I for one don't want to pay for someones "rewards" if I am paying cash. From what I can gather merchant agreements vary from to state to state. In my state and surrounding states merchants can't offer a cash discount.
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