This is my favorite statement about LED's. Why because it is an easy one to challenge and here I go. Yes, LED's are more expensive on the front end of buying them, however they are less expensive when you look at the total cost of ownership. 

Let's take a car, for example. There are two cars, Car A costs 25K and Car B costs 35K. Car A gets 21 Mpg and car B gets 45mpg. Car A costs more every year in car repairs than Car B. It might seem less expensive to buy Car A however when you add up the mileage costs as well as the yearly maintenance, Car B actually costs less over time. 

The key word here is time. As Americans we are so used to the words, quick, save, sale, cheap, buy it now. We've been sold on the notion of getting something inexpensive right now to be immediately satisfied but is that really getting us anywhere? When it comes to LED lighting for the commercial or residential space one way of dealing with this is to get an LED lease. This way you use other people's money to own the new technology that saves you money immediately...now that's not expensive at all.

This is one of my most common questions and I refer these people to Home Depot. I would rather refer them to a local hardware store and as soon as quality LED's start showing up there I will. 

The reality is big stores like Home Depot will buy in mass quantity and with LED's still being thought of as more expensive (if you look at cost of ownership, energy use and maintenance, LED's are the least expensive), then it is a good thing that a large store can buy in volume. 

PLEASE Make sure that this lighting facts label is on the light bulb box as it is a sign of quality. If there is a black and white label I am not sure about these so I'd recommend the color label. Most likely the attendant may not know about this specific label scenario. The key information to look at is the color temperature (shown on the color scale, where the arrow is located is the color the light will be) and the light output aka lumen output. 

There is a longer explanation that I need to write up soon about lumens, but  for now the lower the lumens the lower the light output and the higher the lumens the higher the light output.