Not arguing, I am curious, of those who say the dealership beat X-plan pricing - did the dealership show you a printout that listed the X-plan price? Usually they call it "the invoice" which is anymore a mostly fictional document or misnomer. The form I've seen also listed A/Z and D numbers adjacent to X-plan, which were obscured, but I was able to see with my own eyes what my X-plan price was. Has always been number an odd number & to the penny ... and certainly not handwritten by a smooth sales manager.
Random example of a Ford invoice (lack of better terms) that lists the numbers. If your dealer showed you something other than this, then who knows what you really were looking at.
A local GMC dealer has been holding onto the 'employee pricing plus' gimmick. My work has a fleet of GM products so we get whatever the GM equivalent is. Coworker recently bought a new Sierra and no surprise, our fleet discount was significantly better than what the dealership wants you to think a GM employee pays. I get marketing, but come on....