@2021Navigator I dunno ... my dealer said he was going to try to re-submit the order w.o the SE package and it should go through, but I haven't heard back so no idea on if / when / priority, etc
Backup plan is the Denali XL Ultimate!
Bummer because the 'Gator was going to be my first Ford Product ... all of their marketing worked, I love it and everything about it, but this is ... under delivering. I'll hold my fire until I hear back from the dealer. Hopefully they get it all worked out in a reasonable way.
The other thing is, maybe wait for 2023 order next month, but I'm guessing those will be Jan deliveries at the earliest and given this experience, right now, I'm not too inclined to give Ford my trust.
But it's just a car, though would've been nice to get the "we ran out of chocolate, but we can give you vanilla"; the "sorry, rejected" doesn't seem very black labely.