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William Kennedy

Arizona Ranger Lariat customer alleges ‘phantom buyer’ price switch scheme. Then he’s the one ‘fired’ because of his ‘tone’

According to a prospective buyer, his attempt to purchase a 2025 Ranger Lariat from an Arizona dealership devolved into what he describes as a cascade of pricing games, misinformation, and outright contradictions, culminating in the dealership “firing” him as a customer because of his “tone.”

The allegations surfaced in a detailed Reddit post backed, the buyer says, by chat logs. According to the post, the process began smoothly enough when he received a written quote listing the truck at $50,300. Days later, the dealer announced “bigger discounts,” prompting him to request an updated offer. That new quote arrived with a surprise: the list price had jumped to $50,825. The discount appeared larger, but the dealership had quietly increased the base price by $525.

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