Same here, dropped the American Express down and got a sickly look from the sales manager. After a pause he said he couldn't sell the bike at that price if I put it on a CC. I guess businesses get charged a certain % for each CC transaction and at ~$9700 it would have been a significant cut in their profit, especially at the price they let me have the bike for.And putting it on a CC wont work, aleast in my case. They gave me some BullSHid excuse why they couldnt do it. So a hit'em ova the head with a Check.
Legally in the US it's against the law for a business to do that...remember how gas stations used to charge up to 10¢ extra a gallon when using a CC?
I saw his point. Just a minor inconvenience though as the damn ATM won't fork over 10 grand so I had to actually go see the inside of my bank.