Deceptive Advertising (IMHO)

[spanishmack]

You bought a Jeep with a 7" Touchscreen? Was this a used Jeep? are you looking at the current year website features and have an older model?

No. It was a new 2021.

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[spanishmack]

So you bought a $50,000 vehicle based on a web brochure and a whim, and then are unhappy? Did you think it was going to come with a hard top, soft top and sunrider top too? Because it pictures all 3. It also shows bedliner and no bedliner, soft tonneau cover, hard cover, and no cover. What did you think you were getting there? I'm guessing you also were expecting Max Tow towing capacity combined with Sport payload capacity? It also depicts a bunch of different exterior colors, were you expecting a dial to magically change colors, or did you think it worked like those mood rings from the 70s?

If you had done just a tiny bit more clicking, and checked the specs and or options for the model you bought, you would know what it really did or didn't come with. To blame Jeep because you didn't know every vehicle built doesn't come loaded to the gills with every offered option is a stretch.

Would I have liked to be able to lay in bed and say "Alexa, start my Jeep"? Sure, but the way I optioned mine, that would have added like $2000 and whatever the yearly fee is to my costs, and that wasnt worth it to me considering the remote fob start was already included in my packages.

Besides, you bought a vehicle that is not the best at anything, but does MORE than anything else out there. Enjoy it for what it is.

Whoa there. Anybody can get the sticker with the VIN, which is what I did. I knew this jeep didn't have the cold weather package I wanted, but it had enough other things plus the aftermarket goodies (lift, wheels, tires, steps) that I thought it was a good deal. I didn't want the small screen with knobs, just because I wanted a big screen to see easier, so I figured the 7" was good. Looking at how long some folks were waiting that ordered, I just started looking for currently available jeeps, so I didn't really play with the configurator anymore. Sure, this is a "caveat emptor" world, I just was stating my opinion, that it kinda felt like Jeep could've made it a little more clear on the overview page. I couldn't be happier with this jeep. I've always had white vehicles up to this point and it seemed like if I'm going change, change big and get the Gecko. I have a seagrass green Hobie Passport fishing kayak that's gonna look pretty good being hauled in it.

 

[spanishmack]

These are a Swiss Army Knife, IMO - indispensable when you find yourself lost in the wilds of CO or AZ but it's not the top for a lot of things like towing or racing (have to be careful, it is, IMO, the best for off-road) It will do a whole lot of things, some of them extremely well, but it can't replace a full set of SnapOn tools.

Like I said before - when I browse the site, even Ford or GM sites, I see the word "with available" and think "it doesn't say included, it says available - so I must have to ask for it)

Right. My faulty legalese. I assumed "available" meant gotta pay for a subscription, which I would have done.

 

[spanishmack]

Lol I still haven’t programmed that garage door opener ? 6 months later.

Now that one was a piece of cake. Even opens my gate too.

 

[spanishmack]

I think the OP's beef is he bought the 7" radio expecting all the features of the 8.4" one because the glossy one page ad on the website that shows everything you MIGHT have doesn't clearly say you need the optional 8.4 radio. Just like it doesn't say hydroblue is an option, bedliner is an option, max tow is an option, automatic trans is an option, etc, etc, etc. He's mad because he ASSumed an option was standard equipment because it was mentioned in a digital brochure without CLEARLY saying it (and everything else) may be options depending on trim level and packages.

No soup for you!

 

[Challenger85]

Now that one was a piece of cake. Even opens my gate too.

This thread reminded me today, it was easy.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Car and truck companies have used the work available in marketing for decades - "with available tow package" or "with available adaptive cruise control", or they show someone sitting in a nice warm seat "with available cold weather package" and so on............

 

[IamPro2A]

Now that one was a piece of cake. Even opens my gate too.

I know there is a way to make it interact with my smart home devices. One day I'll figure out how to make the other button turn on the lights in the house when I push it. Eventually. Maybe.

 

[BaliMawr]

I thought the 2022 came standard with the 8.4 screen. Maybe that is just the Rubicon.

It’s optional.

 

[Gvsukids]

It’s optional.

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/deceptive-advertising-imho.56658/post-929055

 

[BaliMawr]

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/deceptive-advertising-imho.56658/post-929055

These damned threads get so long, I don't remember what model we were talking about. So, since you have the "option" of buying a RubicAltiHave, I'll just call it optional and leave it at that.

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