Legal Question in Consumer Law in California

Is there such a thing as a ''check fee''?

I wanted to purchase a $10K vehicle at a small corner dealer and was prepared to pay $3K in cash, $5K with a check, and 2K on a credit card. The dealer said that there will be a credit card fee of 1.5% (which I have seen before and is OK), but he also wanted to charge a 3% ''check fee'' for the $5K. I have never heard of such a creature and was wondering if this is legal, given a check is simply your authorization to the bank to release a sepcific amount of funds to a given entity? I thought the extra $150 was a deal-breaker and I ended up not buying the car.


Asked on 12/15/00, 9:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ken Koury Kenneth P. Koury, Esq.

Re: Is there such a thing as a ''check fee''?

There's no such thing as a check fee. They made it up in order to rip you off.

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Answered on 12/22/00, 1:15 pm


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