Comments on: Increasing fees and keeping customers happy http://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/06/05/increasing-fees-and-keeping-customers-happy/ Editors from FSB magazine answer your pressing small-business questions. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:52:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Scott V. Powers, DDS http://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/06/05/increasing-fees-and-keeping-customers-happy/#comment-1053 Scott V. Powers, DDS Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:46:30 +0000 http://askfsb.wordpress.com/?p=332#comment-1053 Dental labs must realize that they are part of the overhead of the dental office. There is no ability to raise fees at these times and insurances have not raised their payments. Dentists must go to labs that stay within their financial constrictions. Therefore, there is no way to increase your price to dentists and keep them happy. You, just like the dentists, must work more hours for less remuneration. Dentists will be looking around much more in this economy to find a more inexpensive lab to free up dollars for daily overhead increases. I might suggest enlarging volume, to pick up on economies of scales, to improve net profits. Work harder, but maintain or increase profit. Scott V. Powers, DDS Syracuse, NY Dental labs must realize that they are part of the overhead of the dental office. There is no ability to raise fees at these times and insurances have not raised their payments. Dentists must go to labs that stay within their financial constrictions. Therefore, there is no way to increase your price to dentists and keep them happy. You, just like the dentists, must work more hours for less remuneration. Dentists will be looking around much more in this economy to find a more inexpensive lab to free up dollars for daily overhead increases. I might suggest enlarging volume, to pick up on economies of scales, to improve net profits. Work harder, but maintain or increase profit.

Scott V. Powers, DDS
Syracuse, NY

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