Now that I think about it, I've gotten a shorter than advertised hose too. A few years ago I had to replace the 75' back hose that reached even behind the garage. I bought another 75' hose and it doesn't even reach to the back of the garage so the only way to water things at the far back is to stand there with a nozzle that shoots it far enough to reach. I thought I screwed up and must have had a 100' hose that I replaced with only 75', but I just checked the orders... and both were 75' hoses, the first one that I could lay down back there and leave to water was not 100' as I thought.
Next one I order I'm measuring when it arrives.