Question about purchasing a 2025 explorer st with a former employees discount?

Hi first time posting in this group. My wife and I have been searing for a new vehicle for a couple of months and think we've narrowed it down to a 2025 explorer st. About a week before Christmas a client of my wife got into talking about our searching for a vehicle and he mentioned that he (retired ford management position) had codes/numbers that could be uses to purchase for vehicles at a savings and if we wanted to use one it was ours as he's not using it. My wife came home and described the discussion to me but didn't know if she felt comfortable asking him for it and to just buy the vehicle on our own. My wife said if it's worth decent savings she would think about it but for a few hundred off not bother. Does anyone have any information of how these types of codes save of a vehicle and if it's worth pursuing further? Any help would be great. Thank you