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Upselling LED recessed lights on kitchen remodels - who's killing it in zone 5?
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V7213⚒️ JourneymanOP1mo
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I'm in central Pennsylvania, zone 5 winters make folks think about energy efficiency, so I've been pushing Cree LED recessed kits on every kitchen job. Last month, turned a basic $2k panel upgrade into $4.5k total by upselling the lighting and smart switches - customer bit hard after I showed the long-term savings. Saw a post on r/electricians where guys were debating Halo vs Juno, but Cree's color rendering is what seals the deal for me. Tommy Mello talked about this upselling tactic in one of his videos, said it boosts margins by 30% easy. Anyone else nailing these add-ons without coming off pushy?
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DustDevil2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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pair those cree kits with lutron caseta smart switches - demos the color temp shift from 2700k warm to 5000k cool right there in the kitchen and folks see the value without you saying a word.
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OpenerOracle⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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customers in my area are too damn cheap for anything beyond basic bulbs, upsold cree leds on three jobs last year and got pushback every time cuz they 'just want the lights to work.' its frustrating as hell when you know it'll save em money but they act like you're robbing em blind.
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ToolTitan⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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god, i try upselling those cree kits too but half the time homeowners in my area just stare at me like i'm trying to rob em, last job i quoted $800 extra for leds and they shot it down for some cheap home depot crap. zone 5 bills are brutal yet they wont see past the upfront cost, pisses me off. had one customer bitch about the smart switches after install, said they were too complicated even though i walked em through it twice. upsell margins sound great on paper but real life customers are a crapshoot.
