PSA: newbie plumbers, don't let clients talk you into cheap PEX hacks or you'll regret it

Been in the Chicago area my whole career, and I've seen too many green guys get burned by pushy homeowners who want to 'save money' on repiping jobs. Last week I walked into a service call where some apprentice used PEX-B with brass fittings from Home Depot, no expansion tool in sight, and now the whole manifold is leaking under the slab. Clients always say 'just crimp it like the YouTube videos,' but trust me, it turns into a $2k nightmare when it fails in a year. Stick to SharkBite for quick fixes or proper expansion with Uponor if you're doing it right. Saw a similar rant on r/Plumbing about this, and someone in Plumbers United group swore by watching Roger Wakefield videos first. Don't be that guy calling for an emergency reroute. Save yourself the headache and charge for quality from the start.