South Carolina Jeep out of bounds - Rant

[Wildtoad]

GWolgamott said:

They did it for the same reason someone decided to post in a for sales areas instead of the proper area.

That part was a joke btw. I's sure a moderator will move it eventually.

Most likely the dealership didn't mean anything by it. There are far more things to worry about and hopefully the jeep dealership didn't get yelled at too much. The sirius is signing up for a service so I agree on that, the other end was probably just a hey this isn't turned on and a young tech just flipped it on was the point. Not an issue with wanting it off, and sounds like they are willing to do what was requested.

I have none of that in my jeep as well, because I don't care if I have it. I've a lower end model bought used for daily driver and for light off-roading out of the box was the reason I got it. I'm well aware how easy it is, I gather & interpret data for a living...

Not personal data or buying such things these days, but when I worked for a marketing firm for a short stance when I was much younger. It was crazy stupid not what you can get free from places but what information you can buy very cheaply from everyone else.

Guess my point was hopefull your not too mad at the dealership for what is a common practice these days... yes the sirius thing because it was a paid service is a no no without your verbal conscent or should be if it wasn't.

I talked to the dealer just the other day, all good. I’ve actually bought cars and had them and other cars serviced there for decades.

When I was working at a then major insurance software company, we interfaced with many public and private databases and was amazed at how much can be learned about you. This was in the early 90’s long before Google, Meta, Amazon, etc were even an idea.

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[GWolgamott]

Ha well okay... I understand the rant better now. ? I think my insurance company knows more about me then my parents ever did.

 

[Alpine Warthog]

edit:
(I work in manufactoring now, so don't make me the evil person because I track data. I do things like tracking things going in and out, efficiencies, etc... at a furniture plant for last decade and half. I do question the morals of what I did when I was a rather wet behind the ears programmer looking back on that though. It was legal but bit scary, reasoning I have very little smart devices in my house. Think about that stove with smart activation... do you think that had the security protection your phone does? Crap... now you've made me the paranoid old man.... LOL)

Welcome to the club LOL.

 

[gladtohave]

So when I bought my new to me ‘21 Gladiator from CarMax I requested none of the Sirius XM services. I specifically said no, none, nothing. They did their part.

The first time I take it into my local Jeep dealer for the rear axle leak diagnosis they, without my permission, signed me up for a free 90 day account. Didn't think anything of it, as I wasn’t going to use it very much and when it expires all well and good. I hate Sirius as I think their advertising is deceptive at best.

Today I log into my Jeep account only to find their system has up to the day information about my Jeep including mileage, tire pressure, and more. Again without my permission, or me declining their ability to gather it (If given the opportunity).

All the above so wrong.

I’ve contacted Jeep and they are supposed to have someone contact me to resolve my issues which to be clear are:

Turn off all Sirius XM based functions including sat radio.
Quit collecting information about my Gladiator.

End of rant

They installed a lojack on mine without telling me .

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