Guy Buys Wrecked Domino’s DXP And Restores It, Now Getting Sued For The Car
Finding an out of commission Domino’s DXP for sale must be like finding a gold mine. This car, which contained a special warming oven to hold pizzas in, used to be the talk of the town. One car-restoring YouTuber came across a wrecked DXP and made it look good as new: but at a hefty cost.
The YouTuber, SamCrac (or Sam), legally paid $525 for a the wrecked DXP in a Copart auction. He then later made a series of videos where he fully restored the car, amassing over 2 million views on YouTube as a result. Apparently, that didn’t sit too well with some “organization,” who flagged one of the videos for trademark infringement. YouTube disagreed with the claim, which was apparently made by a Domino’s franchisee, and the video stayed put.
However, Sam was later contacted by “a person affiliated with multiple pizza franchises” that asked him to remove all Domino’s markings and the proprietary warming oven from the car. Sam suggested that the two of them could work together, possibly using the car to donate pizzas to a local school for children with disabilities. The caller said they’d consider it, but insisted that his endgame was getting the car back.
A few days later, Sam received another call from the same party who made a $10,000 offer for the car. After declining, he was threatened with legal action and received multiple offers that involved him returning the car, which Sam also declined. Out of frustration, he finally made a counteroffer of $90,000 that resulted in the phone call ending.
Domino’s confirmed to Jalopnik that an offer was made to Sam by a franchisee, how much he offered in return, and that the dispute had entered legal action. Sam has also recently purchased a second Domino’s DXP for $825 and restored it, which probably doesn’t sit too well with them either.
How did Sam get his hands on a DXP in the first place? Turns out that after the car was wrecked, the franchisee handed it over to an insurance company, thinking that it would be crushed and that would be the end of it. Instead, it was sold off in auction instead, something that wasn’t anticipated.
For those wondering whether the pizza giant (or one of their franchisees) has a legal stake here, a possibility could be trademark infringement. However, legalities surrounding that involve someone deliberately using a logo to confuse or mislead the public, something Sam hasn’t done. It seems, though, that Domino’s doesn’t want their special cars ending up in the hands of regular people, which could lead to the cars being bought and exploited by their rivals.
Sam has since hired an attorney to help get him through the legal process he’s now facing for not giving up the DXP.
