Apparently, this car was a custom-built Demon 170 with the service member's name included on the build sheet
Automotive dealers are sometimes known to employ skeezy tactics to make an extra buck. It’s no secret that some charge junk fees while others slap brand-damaging markups on cars. However, in this particular case, a Dodge dealer in Mississippi allegedly sold a U.S. service member’s Demon 170 out from underneath him while he was stationed in Iraq.
It’s important to be clear from the outset that these are allegations only at this point and some details are sparse. As we highlighted in the past, many shady deals surrounding the Demon 170 go down in private Facebook groups. That’s where this story originated and one member who noticed it decided to post a full video breakdown in response.
They claim that Mac Haik Dodge sold a Demon 170 to a member of the armed forces. As that service member was in Iraq, they couldn’t come pick up the car, but the dealer was kind enough to send along photos including the build sheet where the buyer’s name appears. The buyer even arranged to have his wife pick up the car a few days later, but then things went sideways.
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According to the video poster, a second buyer, Buyer B from this point forward, traveled eight hours to buy a different Demon 170 from the same dealer. When he arrived they told him that they had sold it out from under him, but that they had another Demon 170 available. Buyer B agreed to buy the second Demon 170 and took delivery then and there. That didn’t stop Buyer B from posting about the bad dealership experience on Facebook though.
When the serviceman noticed the post he allegedly recognized his car and asked if the last four numbers in the VIN matched. Indeed, they did, and so as of the video posting on December 26th, the original buyer reportedly still hasn’t heard from the dealer that their Demon 170 is gone.
Again, we can’t be completely confident of any of this just yet but it certainly sounds like similar confirmed stories we’ve heard of in the past. To that end, we’ve reached out both to the video poster and to Dodge specifically about the situation.
While Dodge itself informs us that it’s in the process of working out the details, the video creator shares a positive update regarding the original buyer. He sent us the screenshot below detailing that the situation appears to be improving for everyone aside from Mac Haik Dodge. Dodge is allegedly doing what it can, including exerting pressure on the dealer.
For his part, the general manager of Mac Haik evidently apologized to the original buyer, but that’s almost literally the very least they could do. Evidence suggests that the GM is part of a culture where selling cars out from under buyers to make extra cash is normal.
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