Why People REGRET Buying Solar Panels in 2025

[BigD]

Be very careful my friends. What I am wondering is if this video is correct where are the State Attorney General officers at to protect their citizens?

Why People REGRET Buying Solar Panels in 2025

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The guys also has videos on battery power cars.

Other videos on the debt people get into when buy automobiles. The stupid things that people do is just unreal. It's entertaining if you are a wise person with your finances watching how ignorant people can be.

The solar panel video is sad. At one point he talks about how a guy put his onw solar panels on his roof at one tenth of the price. That guys is doing ok. I have to wonder what states this ripping off is going on in?

It would seem to me that if a solar panel company came in and scammed some Iowa residents that the Iowa State Attorney General's office would be all over this and would be tracking these scammers down. So it is possible that some of the solar panel companies are legit, but yes it might take many years to get your money back in savings. I have a strong math background and I considered it, but after figuring out how long it would take to just get my initial investment back, I decided it would not be worth it.

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[Fryowa]

Be very careful my friends. What I am wondering is if this video is correct where are the State Attorney General officers at to protect their citizens?

Why People REGRET Buying Solar Panels in 2025

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The guys also has videos on battery power cars.

Other videos on the debt people get into when buy automobiles. The stupid things that people do is just unreal. It's entertaining if you are a wise person with your finances watching how ignorant people can be.

The solar panel video is sad. At one point he talks about how a guy put his onw solar panels on his roof at one tenth of the price. That guys is doing ok. I have to wonder what states this ripping off is going on in?

It would seem to me that if a solar panel company came in and scammed some Iowa residents that the Iowa State Attorney General's office would be all over this and would be tracking these scammers down. So it is possible that some of the solar panel companies are legit, but yes it might take many years to get your money back in savings. I have a strong math background and I considered it, but after figuring out how long it would take to just get my initial investment back, I decided it would not be worth it.

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I’m a finance guy for a living so I want to make a couple points here…

1) This guy’s video is clickbait.

2) There is nothing wrong with buying solar panels. There is a lot wrong with financing solar panels. He’s making a clickbait video about people’s piss poor financial decisions and blaming it on solar panels which is a cheap shot way of getting clicks. Total bullshit

People make monumentally dumb money decisions every day and he could just as easily have made this video about people “REGRETTING” buying anything whether it’s a 96 month car loan at 8% with zero down, or putting their kids $250 sneakers on a credit card at 29.6%, or not starting a Roth IRA when you turn 18 and a 401k at age 21.

I’ll say this…people don’t need protection from their state AG, they need to take a personal finance class in high school and pay the F attention. If there’s any state-provided protection it should be mandatory personal finance that has to include a week-long focus on the time-value of money (google it for anyone unfamiliar) and how compound interest works.

I hate the videos made for clicks. There is absolutely nothing wrong with solar panels whatsoever if the math works out and you have the money up front. You can save a bunch over the long term. Predatory lending is what you should learn about and avoid (in all areas of life), not solar panels. But that doesn’t generate clicks for YouTubers.

 

[guffus]

Yes, like a lot things in life, if you can't pay for it upfront, you should not buy it. Its not worth going into debt. Certainly do not enter any long term contracts.

 

[BigD]

Yes, like a lot things in life, if you can't pay for it upfront, you should not buy it. Its not worth going into debt. Certainly do not enter any long term contracts.

Amen and Amen

 

[BigD]

I’m a finance guy for a living so I want to make a couple points here…

1) This guy’s video is clickbait.

2) There is nothing wrong with buying solar panels. There is a lot wrong with financing solar panels. He’s making a clickbait video about people’s piss poor financial decisions and blaming it on solar panels which is a cheap shot way of getting clicks. Total bullshit

People make monumentally dumb money decisions every day and he could just as easily have made this video about people “REGRETTING” buying anything whether it’s a 96 month car loan at 8% with zero down, or putting their kids $250 sneakers on a credit card at 29.6%, or not starting a Roth IRA when you turn 18 and a 401k at age 21.

I’ll say this…people don’t need protection from their state AG, they need to take a personal finance class in high school and pay the F attention. If there’s any state-provided protection it should be mandatory personal finance that has to include a week-long focus on the time-value of money (google it for anyone unfamiliar) and how compound interest works.

I hate the videos made for clicks. There is absolutely nothing wrong with solar panels whatsoever if the math works out and you have the money up front. You can save a bunch over the long term. Predatory lending is what you should learn about and avoid (in all areas of life), not solar panels. But that doesn’t generate clicks for YouTubers.

I actually have a few neighbors who sell them. The guy that lives right next to me sells them. It's like you say if really is an individual situation as to whether it financial benefit's a person's own situation.

My home is newer as it was built in 2017 and is pretty efficient, but some other homes around the country have heating and cooling cost above three hundred dollars a month. My bills run about half of that. Not just that buy my wife plan's on retiring in less than ten years and we plan on moving from our current three level home to a ranch style home that will have less stairs in it.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

I’m a finance guy for a living so I want to make a couple points here…

1) This guy’s video is clickbait.

2) There is nothing wrong with buying solar panels. There is a lot wrong with financing solar panels. He’s making a clickbait video about people’s piss poor financial decisions and blaming it on solar panels which is a cheap shot way of getting clicks. Total bullshit

People make monumentally dumb money decisions every day and he could just as easily have made this video about people “REGRETTING” buying anything whether it’s a 96 month car loan at 8% with zero down, or putting their kids $250 sneakers on a credit card at 29.6%, or not starting a Roth IRA when you turn 18 and a 401k at age 21.

I’ll say this…people don’t need protection from their state AG, they need to take a personal finance class in high school and pay the F attention. If there’s any state-provided protection it should be mandatory personal finance that has to include a week-long focus on the time-value of money (google it for anyone unfamiliar) and how compound interest works.

I hate the videos made for clicks. There is absolutely nothing wrong with solar panels whatsoever if the math works out and you have the money up front. You can save a bunch over the long term. Predatory lending is what you should learn about and avoid (in all areas of life), not solar panels. But that doesn’t generate clicks for YouTubers.

I was listening to Chris & Chris the other day and Hassel said his wife works with Traveler's insurance. They were discussing solar panels and his wife commented that if there is a storm or something and they get trashed it's all on the homeowner as I don't think insurance companies insure them. That's what it sounded like to me.

Also watched a realtor guy on Youtube who lives in FL & I think has a place in CA. He was talking about them and how difficult it is to sell a home that has them, especially if someone is still in a loan paying them off. It gets really messy and many people don't even want or look at a house with panels on it.

To me, there seems to be a lot of disadvantages that outweigh the positives.

 

[Fryowa]

I was listening to Chris & Chris the other day and Hassel said his wife works with Traveler's insurance. They were discussing solar panels and his wife commented that if there is a storm or something and they get trashed it's all on the homeowner as I don't think insurance companies insure them. That's what it sounded like to me.

Also watched a realtor guy on Youtube who lives in FL & I think has a place in CA. He was talking about them and how difficult it is to sell a home that has them, especially if someone is still in a loan paying them off. It gets really messy and many people don't even want or look at a house with panels on it.

To me, there seems to be a lot of disadvantages that outweigh the positives.

Where I (we) live, hail is a very real possibility. I realize solar companies sell you on the idea that their stuff is Level 37 ballistically ISO ANSI MilSpec 2487.147.59888.2 certified to withstand 500 mph winds and beach ball sized hail, but I don't buy it. It's not covered by the manufacturer warranty, so if it does break it's on to your homeowners insurance, many of which I've been told don't cover it. I do know Progressive does not. If your company does cover it or you get a rider, that's more expense out of your pockets and higher premiums due to a claim.