estimating pex jobs with milwaukee tools in north jersey chaos

Up in north jersey, just wrapped a whole house repipe quoting $8500 for 2000 sq ft using PEX-A from Uponor, customer flipped cuz my Milwaukee M18 crimper setup ran me an extra $450 last year. NGL, the speed it saves on those expansion fittings is worth it, but explaining the premium to these penny-pinchers is a comedy show. Had one guy last week say 'why not copper like my dad used?' I almost laughed in his face, showed him the corrosion under his slab. Saw a similar rant on r/Plumbing about estimating headaches, and yeah, it's the same BS. Anyone got a script for selling the PEX upgrade without sounding like a salesman? FML, estimating season is killing me.

Same boat here, estimating feels like herding cats sometimes.

Haha, tell the copper guy his dad's pipes are probably green inside by now, PEX is the future.

Don't even bother explaining, just show the price difference and walk if they balk.

PSA: underestimating crimper time on PEX jobs can bite you hard, lost a finger once messing with cheap tools.

Proud to say my estimates with Milwaukee gear are spot on, hit 95% accuracy this year alone.

SharkBite all the way for quick estimates, screw the purists.

Frustrated as hell with these homeowners who think PEX is toy plastic, had a job drag on cuz of their second-guessing.

Milwaukee crimpers are overrated, stick to Ridgid for reliability in estimates.

My PEX bids are killing it, just closed a $10k remodel last month.

Controversial take: charge extra for the tool premium, it's your margin.

Overquoted a PEX job last week cuz of tool downtime, customer ghosted me, pissed off.