Dodge Steps in to help US Soldier after Mac Haik Screwed Him - Massive Backlash
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2024
- Dodge recently stepped in to help a US soldier after his Demon 170 was sold out from under him by Mac Haik Dodge in Flowood MS. Many RUclips personalities caught wind of the situation and it caught so much traction that Dodge stepped in to help this gentleman get his dream car. This is proof that social media is powerful tool and dealerships can no longer get away with the unfair business practices that they have gotten accustomed to.
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This whole situation really pissed me off.. Mac Haik has been doing this for years… the guy that bought the soldiers car actually went to pick up a silver demon.. but the dealership sold that out from underneath him, then offered him the soldiers vehicle. I’m super happy Dodge stepped up and made this happen. Especially the Jay Leno delivery.,,, Thinking of you and your family Paul 🙏
and that same buyer, Larry I think was his name, felt so horrible he contacted the soldier and his family to give it back. It did not even have to reach this point when the stealership had every chance to correct this snafu.
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Haven't heard that yet. Good on him. @@luigivincenz3843
I really wish dodge took care of that guy too who came for the silver demon.
Dodge should fine the dealership $50k and give it to the the guy that the dealership screwed over. This is why people hate car dealers!! This dealer is screwing people over!!
I’m a disabled marine and when I caught wind of this weeks ago I was fuming. I’m glad to see you tube channels step in and help one of my brothers in arms. I consider this a huge win for the small guy. Corporate greed has to be stopped at all costs.
If this isn't proof that we don't need dealers and we should have direct to customer from factory purchasing....I don't know what is. Sadly the dealers are such a huge lobby and lobbying is the only way to have your voice heard in American politics.
Thank you for your service sir
Dude, if you watched the video it was corporate that stepped in and fixed this.
@@Jcs57not true
I’m with you as I had a similar experience back in the early 2000s with a dealership. You know as well as I do that if it wasn’t for social media that dealership would’ve gotten away with it.
This entire debacle could have been avoided had Tim Kiniskus enforced his promise that he would not allow dealerships to charge more than MSRP. He ABSOLUTELY knows that many of the Demon orders had been placed bybusing straw customers, yet he chose to turn a blind eye to it. The same thing happened with sales of the Ram TRX. Stellantis needs to get their house in order.
Exactly, he damn well know the orders of msrp are bs. This just so happens to be a new low for that stealership.
While I think it is absolutely great that Dodge stepped in and gave this serviceman one of the held back Demons at MSRP, I have to pause for a second, and think about all the other people that had this same exact thing happen to them, and still have zero recourse. Let's be completely honest, the ONLY reason this happened was optics. The horrible optics of the guy that was screwed being a serviceman stationed overseas, and how it was reported online and blew up. Did Dodge step in and help ANYONE else that had this same exact thing happen to them??? NO! Tim K. simply saw an opportunity to be the "hero" and make an easy PR move by doing this. Dodge could have prevented all of this from the very beginning, but did NOTHING. Again, I am VERY happy that this soldier is getting his car, and I am SUPER happy that Mac Haik is getting hammered over this, as they should, but I totally disagree that "Dodge is pissed at Mac Haik" and how awesome Tim K. is for stepping in and "doing the right thing" when they haven't done it in the past year, and are only doing it because of the public backlash and an easy PR layup by stepping in. Again, what about all the others?
TRUE. Dodge Dealers and Tim Kuniskis are Scumbags!
See if Tim K goes full DB and shows up at Jay's garage.
Yes it happened to me and all i got basically was an FU from the dealership, Dodge,and Chrysler
I had a finance manager at a dealership get into it with me on a Facebook group and told me that I'm not more successful in a sales role because I have a conscience. Explains a lot about their actions!
Thanks to the soldier for serving. Thanks to those helping him with his dream he earned by risking his life for others.
That’s great to see the car community step in to make the situation right for service members or for anyone for that matter.
Unethical dealers should not be allowed to get any high end and/or specialty vehicles. There should be a list online of these dealerships for people to see and be made aware their deals could be altered at the point of delivery, which is messed up. Customer satisfaction is not their priority. Great job Dodge! I'm more proud than ever to drive my Last Call car.
Prayers go out to the Racer X family.
This is why I’m glad I got rid of my 6.4 litter. It was a royal pain in the ass even getting into one, having to get into shouting matches with salesmen for bs’ing and price gauging. This crap shouldn’t be happening to anybody, we all work hard for our money. Stellantis needs to remember why they’re so successful, and because of who.
It's not Stellantis' issue, it's dealers that are the issues. There's only so much the manufacturers can do.
Thanks Racer X for sharing this. Im a retired Army Veteran and have been on several deployments. Ive been on deployments and theres been times Ive saved my money and purchased cars while overseas that Ive really wanted and took delivery when I got home. It gives us something to look forward to when we get home. When we're oversea and having bad days, you can think about when I get home I have this car waiting on me, so Im happy Dodge made it right for this guy and there's people like you out here that take notice and step up to make your voice heard. I salute you all 🫡🫡🫡
Dealership price gouging is not limited to Dodge. It is a problem that has infected most of the industry in which dealerships can talk people into spending $100,000+ on pickup trucks. The dealers are begging for greater government regulation with their fraud and dishonesty.
Mac Haik Chevrolet is the dealer last year that got PP slapped by GM for selling a C6 Vette for 90k over MSRP, same owners as this Mac Haik CDJR That sold the 170.
its even infected the used car market..
You can't "price gouge" on a luxury item. You don't need a Demon to live...
Will this even be a problem moving forward…are they going be building cars that anyone would pay an ADM on? I could be wrong but I don’t think the Banshee will in high demand
Wow! It appears that Mac Haik dealerships may have employees lacking INTEGRITY. Integrity, what is that? Ethics, what is that? Their contractual agreements appear to depend on who is offering the most money. Honesty may be running last with their employees and management.
My whole thing with this is, this wouldn't be a big deal if he wasn't a service member this stuff happens all the time.
Thats the problem.. Thats why I did something a few months back for someone else as well. This is way to common
Hi Racerx, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. In losing ur mother seems to me she was a awesome mom. She will be greatly missed by all of us. Just wanted to say again your you tube family we love you.
Service members are fighting for the deep state's ability to control the citizens...pat yourself on the back my man!
@Gary Reinke, RacerX actually spoke to your point at the 3:00 mark of the video. I think we can ALL agree that these dealerships are a major problem right now with these shady tactics and price gouging. Not sure if anything can be done about it at this point.
@@RacerX9hey im currently working with houston house of power to get a 10l90 swap for a chevy ss sedan. I would love to meet up with you one day so you could check it out.
Butta Da Insider should be there because if it wasn't for him, this would never have been heard. It's called "GREED." I also blame the people who pay the markups.
Exactly. Too many people with more money than sense so they cough it up and let this crap perpetuate.
Awesome to see the community step up. Good on Dodge for stepping up to fix this. Unfortunately dealerships see service members that are deployed as easy targets. It's sickening.
Major salute bro. Heard through the grapevine about the fam. If there’s anything I can do please don’t hesitate to let me know.
For sure buddy.. I sincerely appreciate it! Keep up the great work!!
The value of that car that the soldier will get just increased by a substantial amount because of the story that is now attached to it.
I really appreciate you sharing your insights. I'll be praying for you and I hope everything works out well for you 🙏
Prayers to you and the family brother 🙏🙏. Thanks for doing this video and getting the word out on this situation!
Much appreciated buddy
Well said X….great to see a new video!
Hope things are getting a little better for you too…keep your head up 👊🏻
Thanks to all of the you tubers that took charge for this service person I am truly proud of you and all the you tubers Thanks 😊
I'm happy that Dodge and Tim got one right from greedy dealerships. There's alot of us out there, but I'm glad they took care of the soldier. 🇺🇲
RIP to your mom bro. I could only imagine. Stay strong for her and keep doing your thing. Thank you for entertaining me since the black charger.
Thanks, Racer X, for sharing some insight on this. These dealers think they can do what they want without consequence. I went to pick up my title work for my '23 Scat, and the dealership acted like they didn't know me or had time for me. They already had my $$.
Thanks for your service!
I’m glad that the soldier is going to get his car
It’s cool that while serving his country his country stepped up for him in this situation
More importantly prayers to you and Dad
That’s comes before the channel brother
I’m proud to be part of this community and country RacerX
Take care of PapaX
Take care of yourself
My condolences sir
Losing a mom is tough and that’s my biggest fear currently right now
Take care of yourself Buddy
Boston Massachusetts
Great Job RacerX !!
Thoughts and prayers with you and your family Racer X 🙏
Thank you for helping people
Great to see you back on your channel. Prayers for your dad, you and the rest of your family. We all understand why you haven't been releasing videos. So glad to Tim to step up for the Dodge loyalists and get this serviceman a car similar to the one he ordered. These dealerships that sell ghost customer vehicles needs to stop. I'm sure they will think twice about doing it again after this one. But their greedy sales managers only care about numbers.
Thanks buddy.. yes the system is terribly out of whack
It's great to hear this soldier is going to get something truly special out of this whole thing.
You’re on the cusp of 200k subs. Kudos! Still praying for you and your family my friend. Blessings.
Hope all is well boss. Love the vids!
I understand why you have been quiet brother. My best wishes and thoughts and prayers to you and your family in this time. It's not easy to deal with.
Being a 26 year military Veteran and a subscriber to ButtaDaInsider, I was very excited and Proud of BDI on how he broke the news on how this Service member was mistreated. I chimed in on this story at BuddaDaInsider’s channel and gave the Haik dealership my two cents on how unprofessional they were as a company. The ONLY way to describe this is greed on behalf of the Haik dealership. The last person they should have done this to is an Active Duty member , who is serving in a war zone, and protecting our way of living as Americans. There should have been some heads rolling over at Haik Dodge. Thank you again Buddy Da Insider for shedding light on this story and giving it the attention it deserves.
Fantastic video, Buddy! It's great to see all of these RUclips channels reaching out and helping the cause! The hero of this story is Butter The Great! There's the Brotherhood of Muscle, I guess you could say, this is the Brotherhood of RUclips! Standing up for what's right! These dealerships need to get their 💩together! Enough is ENOUGH! That dealership called out a bunch of RUclips channels as "Third Rate". Yeah... Umm, how did that comment work out for them? 😆 Shout out to all the RUclipsrs who banded together to get the word out! Especially Butter Da Great! Special shout out to Tim Kuniskis and Jay Leno! THANK YOU! Thank you for making things right!
I am impressed that so many people came to the support of this individual. I bought my 2012 Charger SRT direct from the factory and had it shipped to the dealership at the advice of a salesperson. This saved me thousands of dollars in dealer addons and mark ups. I ordered the car in April and waited until November for it to be built and delivered. I received emails and messages from the manufacturer during the entire building of the car. My wife and I were VERY excited to receive this car. When I went to the dealership to pick up my car, the owner of the dealership was there and tried to pull the car from under me. I had no idea, I could have been screwed by the owner and that I would have had no recourse to get the vehicle. Fortunately, in my case, the owner didn't push the issue any further and I am still the proud owner of a 2012 SRT................. My heart goes out to this soldier and his situation and my hat is off to Dodge and Jay Leno for making a PR Nightmare a better deal for him. Shame on the dealership for exploiting someone for profit and showing zero ethics.
Thank you for your help!; Dodge wont take away the franchise from these stealerships. you and others on you tube are examples of what greatness and true class people.
Racer X gettin ‘em RIGHT tonight!!
Hey keep your head up Racer X, I know you been going through a lot, take the time you need to to take care of yourself right now
You're back RacerX 😱🙂
AwesomeX《☆》Such a HallMark Heart Warming story👍🏾🍦🤳Kudos to Tim & Jay. It's a real Shame that DODGE & all Manufacturers don't have Control over these type situations🎉Happy New Year Brother✌🏼😎☯️
Great video! Thank you for bringing this to life! I had no idea. But I'm def not surprised at the fact the dealerships are greedy bastards and will do anything they can to get more money. Makes me sick! My son is serving our country right now and I would be livid if this happened to him! Thank you again!
X did not bring this to light this whole situation has been out there for some time now I understand X has been dealing with some family issues but why jump on the bandwagon now on the situation it's been resolved now by the CEO of Dodge so in my opinion why should X even be making a video about this
@@timrum7219 because he has every right to! Why would it hurt anything? I didn't know anything about it because I don't follow any of the other guys that posted about it. I'm part of the Dodge family too, so I appreciated X posting about it. You sound very defensive. Why? Did it hurt you in some way? No? Then stop bitching about it. In my opinion the more people that know about a situation like this the better. Sounds like your grudge is against X. Either way, count me under the "I don't really care about your opinion" category please.
RacerX don't worry about us . We know you have allot going on in your life so if you're not on for a week or 2 it's good. Now a month I might have to come down to Florida to make sure your ok. Great video!
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Thank you Roy 🙏
Thank you to every soldier here
Prayers for you and your Family🙏🙏
Great video. I just subscribed just because of your mentioning Butter de insider ! I'm wishing you the best on you personal issue. Sending prayers.
Big prayers for you and your family bro God speed recovery wishing you healing and and prosperity
As a veteran I suggest everyone should boycott the dealer
I must have watched 20 videos of your channel, before realizing I haven't hit that subscribe button.
I am hooked 100% now.
Great content brother.
Glad your here buddy
I'm with you brother!!!
Once again, my friend, I feel terrible about your loss. I hope y’all are getting along OK, and your father as well.
Thank you for this video!! My husband and I were planning to buy a Ram truck and Durango from Mac Haik in Flowood. I will now drive hours before I purchase anything from this dealership.
Keep up the good work for helping our military guy
Well put!🚗
Sending you love and prayers my friend ❤️
Hey RacerX, THIS is happening in Canada too, I live an hour from the plant that builds these 170s, we have no voice here, bravo to the USA for not letting this shit GO down, they are listed on websites like auto trader right from the dealer at 400k over MSRP, and Dodge is not doing anything about it????? Anyways love your channel , keep up the good work
Original credit goes to @butter da insider
Yes I talked about it in the video.. Just weighing in as requested by so many
My thanks and appreciation to all of the folks who together made the situation better for a US serviceman. I'm glad Dodge and Tim K. stepped in and found a solution. With that said, anyone who couldn't see this coming at the onset of Last call and chief donut maker is as blind as a person can be. As much as I wanted to step up from my Scat Pack to a Supercharged car I refuse to allow myself to be victimized. For that reason I turned my back on the last 2 years of Dodge, at least until they announced the unbelieveable Demon 170. I tried to purchase one from a dealer and salesman I know (they sell at MSRP or less) but both allocations were already sold. Fortunately, one was sold at MSRP on day 1 to a very deserving person I know. I hope he has the car now but 2 weeks ago he didn't yet have it even though he was a very earlier purchaser (order 600 ish) supposidly with priority for MSRP purchase while Mac Haik and other were floor planning Demons via fake purchasers.
I can't even afford a 15 year old V6 Challenger....crazy how people can afford 50k over MSRP for the top of the line model....man I hate not having money 😂
🏆Racer X🏆you're the man 🍀Get R Done😎✌️
Thanks for this video. Great job from Tim K for correcting this sorry issue. The Cherry on Top is getting Jay Leno to make this car and its delivery a great event. We should treat this thieving dealership like we did to bud light.
I can't wait to see the episode.
Much respect to Tim for correcting this deal for service man
Way to go Dodge! Glad to see a company step up and put dealers in their place. It's also great to see the car community step in and help out. I hope other dealers take notice and stop the gouging of the working man.
Great video!!!
Thank you RacerX. On addition, TK's latest video this afternoon reports they have fired this Corey sales guy who sold the car 50K$ over MSRP. But no confirmed reports if the GM La Grange, who claimed he was a Marine sniper to his staff, was also fired.
Hope your family is doing well, glad you covered this, the whole situation was so scummy.
Great stuff all around on the Influencer side and Kuniskis!
Thanks!
Much appreciated my friend. Thank you for your support
Yo Racer X, a little advice from a very long time RUclips user. Never underestimate the power of the personal connection between you and your viewers. We don't really need specific details but we do care about you brother so if you open up to us, we'll be there for you. Appreciate the content always!
I like your analysis. Hope you’re doing well
Thank you to “Butter De Insider” to his coverage. This is why lawmakers need to get their asses together and introduce laws that would outright ban markups on any vehicle like the FTC did with junk fees regardless of whichever class car or truck.
Great video
Kudos to the CEO of Dodge for stepping up. And here's hoping that dealership goes out of business.
I have a friend who just bought a demon 170 , he agreed to pay $25k over sticker . Upon delivery (the car came in early) the financing became an issue so amazingly the dealership said we’ll wave the $25 k so the loan will go through ! How cool is that ! He’s picking it up this sat !
I also want to say thank you to the soldier for serving our country, as well. BRAVO ZULU.
Perfect ad placement. I had to wait for the frud too du du du
thanks for your opinion! It matters
Thanks, RacerX for caring and acting on things when you can! ( btw...could you use a color correction filter on your vids so your car shows orange?) Thanks for sharing your life with us! - FredO
as a Vet, im glad to Dodge has stepped up to help this Soldier out. but Dodge and other companies need to hold these deals more accountable.
Well that 'dealer-network' is in trouble now. They have NOTHING to sell. Brampton was shut down in December and will be making go-carts with Ipad interfaces. Good luck with that. Thanks Racer -x Have a good one! Glad I have my 2019 Scat pack, Best regards, chuck.
I still have no words.
So glad to see a manufacturer step up in this type of situation. Huge credit to Timothy Kuniskis! Mac Haik dealer should be punished by Dodge. Ford and Chevy are you paying attention?
Years ago, we signed a sales contract for a new Buick Rainer and left a deposit. When we went to pick the vehicle up, the owner of the dealership told us that if we wanted the vehicle we would have to finance part of it through GMC. There is a God, years later the dealership folded and the owner's wife was arrested for embezzling at work to pay off gambling debts. Ha, ha.
this is what we want to see, much respect to dodge.
Shout-Out to Dodge for make this right with this “Soldier that’s fighting for our Country & Shout-Out to Jay Leno, himself!”
I seen alot of comments asking if the soldier will get the replacement for MSRP or if he still has to pay the markup. I too was curious. According to an article published in The Drive he will only be paying MSRP. Great job Dodge.
To answer your question about how this worked because it was the people. This is why America was founded. When corps, governments, or anyone else tread over our neighbors we come together and stand up for each other. It’s beautiful. And I think we should have these attitudes towards more things in our daily lives. Getting back to that sense of community. Love you all!❤
THANK GOODNESS FOR TIM FROM DODGE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT , IT'S SAD BROTHER THAT HAPPENED TO START 💯👍
Glad dodge stepped in and corrected this wrong doing!
I love my challenger 2022 hellcat and the dodge brand☝️👏💯!
Looking forward to the Jay Leno Episode with the active duty member and his Demon 170 😎🙏….
I know the feeling well I had a local dealer do that to me telling me 3days later that the car was picked up and sold but not to me.
Right on to Dodge
Corporate stepped in? That’s how you lose a dealership.
Kudos to all of the RUclips content creators that brought a spotlight on the situation. I'm glad that Tim at Dodge stepped in to correct the situation., But ... Dodge's seemingly hands-off attitude toward dealers gouging buyers during their BS "Last Call" marketing gimmick made it possible for the Mac Haik dealership to screw the US Soldier.
Frankly, Dodge should pull the franchise from Mac Haik. Anything short of that tells other dealers that they can get away with anything and wait for corporate to solve the problem.
Kudos to the CEO of Dodge. To the soldier, thank you for your service!
Great video. I would submit this dealership will survive and come out of this virtually unscathed.
I disagree that they’re in a world of hurt or in trouble. When all is said and done, most will forget what happened and won’t hesitate to go there, especially if their car is available and the price is right.
Sadly there are very few honorable dealerships left. As you pointed out lots of bad things happening in this industry.
Yes social media is a powerful voice for the consumer but some of these dealerships are run by well connected people. Anyone remember what happened to Paul from Family Crusin when he tried to disparage a dealer up north? His life quickly unraveled.
Yes I remember that.. it was a shame! This was a situation where an entire community banned together! It will definitely take time and some damage control with consumers and Dodge in my opinion
@@RacerX9 You're right, an entire community did come together and that drove a positive outcome for the guy who got shafted. That said, if you define the community as the YT community, then I'd submit most of these people live outside the market this dealership serves so the impact to them would be minimal.
For the sake of discussion, I will concede to your point here though and while the actions of this dealership are deplorable, they are in good company with other dealerships that are also doing deplorable things. Generally speaking, this is not an industry that operates from the premise of having high integrity.
Last point on Dodge. I think it's fantastic that the CEO of Dodge got involved to drive the right and proper outcome for this customer. That said, how many other instances are there where a dealership shafts a consumer? Quite a few if you look at the BBB, and other online reviews. I would submit there's little to no accountability for these dealerships. In my mind these dealerships make a lot of money, and the manufacturers are benefactors. There is little reason to believe that a dealer will get cutoff by manufacturer. How many times have we seen so called market adjustments even with the manufacturer saying there will be consequences for this. I ask what consequences?
I keep going back to in most cases, these businesses are very well connected in their communities, cities, states, and even in some cases they have national connections. All the reason why I think this will quickly be forgotten.
Damn this is beyond sick now U can't even trust the people in the car dealerships 😠😠
Same thing happen to me at a Ford Dealership in Phoenix with a 2006 Mustang GT, I ordered a car from the factory and once the vehicle arrive at the dealer all the numbers changed . The dealer explained that the price change was due to market conditions. I walked away and never returned to that dealer. I have purchased three more Mustangs since without stepping a foot on that dealer that screwed me.
When the C8 was in pre-order back in 2019, Mac Haik in Houstonmarked up MSRP 20-30k it made national news. So thier known for this for a while
We have that same dealership here in Houston TX. 😮
Prior to this Heik Chevy got caught selling a C8 90,000 above MSRP
Now thats how the brotherhood works fellas!