One company’s pizza delivery vehicle turned into one man’s treasure after a YouTuber by the name of Samcrac purchased a wrecked Domino’s DXP delivery vehicle. As you may or may not know, the DXP is based on the Chevrolet Spark with a pizza warming oven onboard.
Samcrac purchased the vehicle from an auction and he claims the process was totally legal with all the appropriate paperwork. An unnamed entity, presumably Domino’s, then contacted the man and threatened legal action.
The entity said the man was violating trademark laws as he published videos of himself rebuilding the car on YouTube. Samcrac reviewed the guidelines and trademark information and felt he’d done nothing wrong. It’s worth noting YouTube has the power to remove videos over trademark infringement, but the video service did not take his videos down either.
Later, without offering a specific timeline, another individual approached him with an offer to purchase the car. When he refused, the “individual,” again, most likely Domino’s, threatened legal action if he did not sell the car. Needless to say, he didn’t sell.
Since then, he started a GoFundMe campaign to help with legal fees, but he’s since ended the campaign after disclosing he’s received assistance with legal matters. It’s unclear why Domino’s allegedly wants the car off of social media so badly, but it seems like the YouTuber will ultimately win his case.
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Love me some Domino’s pizza right about now
Take a Tupperware lid. Put it in the oven for 5 minutes at 450 degrees. Add cheese and serve. You’re now eating Dominos.
Neh…it’s not that bad. Had much worse.
I’ve read somewhere that they have the most loyal customers out of all pizza chains in the country.
I wouldn’t touch a pizza chain. A local independent pizza shop does far it better, and their pizza isn’t just a flat and round variant of their breadstick dough with toppings. Their pizza costs more, but the quality is far and away better.
You’re right, sute it does. I have an Italian place by me that makes a pizza that I would eat every day if I could. But a 14″ will run you about $30. Domino’s will ring you for $10. It’s decent and will do in the pinch and it will make the $30 pizza taste even better next time you get it.
Domino’s should have sold the car for scrap instead of putting it up for auction, thus avoiding this whole mess. Hopefully Samcrac wins.
The franchise owner is the most likely owner of the vehicle and most likely wasn’t the driver…Its probably in the DXP contract to crush if totaled and the owner most likely glossed over that or forgot…
https://jalopnik.com/domino-s-franchise-threatens-youtuber-who-restored-dxp-1823859448
Whole story is a lot more interesting…Repaired DXP owner received an offer from the owner of multiple Dominos franchises which was low but included 80 pizzas (DXP’s max capacity) to be given to charity…Seemed like nearly a done deal but then a 3rd party offer appeared significantly better…
I watched the series where this guy actually rebuilt the car….. Dominos has no right to take this car, He put so much time money and effort into it. If they wanted it to stay “private” they should’ve removed the logos and parts from the car. I will support Sam in any way possible.
Take the Domino’s marking off (they’re not that cool).
Modify the oven thing, if need be.
This is all bad PR for the Domino’s folks – ‘Oh yes we did’, indeed.
Corporate (in Ann Arbor) should step in and solve it, not some pinkie-ring wearing goomba franchisee.
100% agree; Corp will step in at this point…
While some DXPs were given to Franchisees as promotional, the majority were purchased by the franchisee owners…Most likely the franchisee owner did not read the terms when purchasing a DXP in that it should be crushed if totaled…Therefore the most likely youtube viewers reached out to Dominos corp, they identified the former owner and threatened legal action for not following the DXP purchase agreement…
I called Domino’s and ordered a pizza. I wanted The crust raw on the top and burnt on the bottom. I wanted enough grease on it so when I pick up a slice all the toppings will slide off. And I wanted it delivered cold. They said they could not do this. I asked him why not you did last time. They refused to make a pizza like that. So I asked them if they could just deliver an empty box. They wanted to know why I wanted it empty box. I told him is because the box taste better than the pizza.
So if you locate a model A panel truck that used to deliver ford parts. Restore panel truck and add Ford logo on outside. Take vehicle to charity events. Are you infringing on Ford Rights and does this give ford the right to take the vehicle away. If he rebuilt to sell to a domino’s is it infringing on the original DXP builders contract with Dominos. But that wouldn’t be sam, it would be the franchise owner since he is going to an outside corporate contract vendor. He should change decals and sell it to Colorado pizza chain Mary-Janes Pizza. “Baked” Fresh during delivery.
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