Technician sentiment: PE-owned shops shift to selling and rental programs over quality work

Commentary that companies bought by private equity refocus on selling and raising install prices, pushing new systems onto rental/financing programs at multiples of the cost, diminishing field/technical quality.

“the focus turns to selling and the focus turns to not only selling, but increasing prices of installs to force the consumer to buy a new system. And that new system is now put on a rental program”

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