The story involving a dealer that seemingly played musical chairs with two Dodge Challenger Demon 170s and three customers isn’t over yet. Following Dodge’s intervention to resolve the issue, the dealer now has the original car back. It claims to have terminated three individuals connected to the incident and is taking additional steps to rectify the situation. However, some sources suggest there might be more to the story.
The Mac Haik Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealer in Flowood, Mississippi reportedly sold a Demon 170 out from under a customer after a deal had been struck. Then, it sold that same customer a different Demon 170 that it had already promised and custom-ordered for another customer. It turns out that one of those two customers was an active duty service member stationed in Iraq. To put it simply, the story blew up and Dodge itself stepped in to clean up the mess.
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Dodge contacted the service member and cut short its own “20 days of horsepower” to ensure that he got the car he wanted in the correct color and specification. Now, the dealer says that the original car it ordered for him is back and it’s claiming that it’s not for sale to anyone but that same service member. It also says that it fired the General Manager, the Sales Manager, and the Salesperson responsible.
“We’ve made some BIG mistakes that affected multiple people, good people that didn’t deserve to be in the middle of this,” wrote the dealer in a Facebook posting. “To the service member who came in months in advance to sit down and order the car, to the other good-hearted people who had the rug pulled out from under them. We apologize. No amount of “I’m sorry’s” can un-do what’s already been done, we know that, but rest assured it will never happen again.”
“None of the employees involved in the situation represent our core company values, and that’s why they are no longer with us” the dealer said. “The GM, Sales Manager, and Salesperson involved were all terminated after the truth came to light. From the CEO of Mac Haik all the way down through the company we believe in taking care of our customers at the highest level, and the NEW GM and team is 100% committed to doing so.”
The dealer claims it has a plan just in case the soldier doesn’t want to buy the original car from them. It says that in that case, it’ll wholesale the car and the proceeds will go to a charity of the service member’s choosing. That sounds great at first glance but think about it for just a moment and there’s a glaring issue.
Evidently, Mac Haik would like credit for donating the money that a third party pays for a car. To top it off, it proudly says that it made the other customers involved whole by selling them Demon 170s at MSRP.
The man who broke the story, a YouTuber who goes by Butter Da Insider, rightly points out that the Mac Haik Dealership network ranked seventh overall in average revenue across the nation. Across 17 locations it made, on average, $166,372,318. He also says that he has proof that the dealer is still trying to sell the car to another party. True or not, it appears clear that the dealer has the cash to lose money on all of these cars and still be fiscally stable.