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<blockquote data-quote="MsGabby" data-source="post: 18684" data-attributes="member: 1652"><p>Wow thanks for all the input and replies. I tried last year to reopen a lab in my home thinking I had no local competition. As it turns out out of almost 75 Drs I got one case. The one Dr was a nightmare. All the rest said they have been working with the same lab for 15-20 yrs. Some Drs have their own Cerec (sp) machine to make their own crowns. The long distance local labs have pick up and delivery (some cover a 100 mile radius with many drivers) which would be very hard for me to do if they were over 15 miles or so away. I am emax cerified too. I spent a ton of money to set up the lab (had my own lab for 20 yrs in Ma.) and now in serious financial debt. Yes I need to get more work. Believe me I have tried. I did the mailings, show and tell with house calls, guess I need to do it more. The going price for a pmc is $125. Pitiful for I got those prices 25 yrs ago in MA. Any job offer will require moving. The housing market now would kill me with more losses with my home. I am a good technician, good trainer, and would love to learn all the new aspects of the industry. Being a one person lab...there is only so much one can do without getting spread out too thin offering too many types of restorations. I have worked other labs sitting at one bench and it is so much easier to be more productive. I am going to push at my efforts to get more work, and might have to consider a move down the road. I designed and built my dream home here... it will be hard to walk away from it. I am interested in knowing how everyone else's production is. My Dr is not a crown pusher. He also resists new products like pressables. In talking to a few friends their labs are very slow. I took a job last year and moved. The regular employees sabotaged me and I lost my job. Jealousy between employees...I just don't understand. I would welcome the opportunity to work with people who know more than me. I love to learn. New strategic ideas are in the making. Thanks everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MsGabby, post: 18684, member: 1652"] Wow thanks for all the input and replies. I tried last year to reopen a lab in my home thinking I had no local competition. As it turns out out of almost 75 Drs I got one case. The one Dr was a nightmare. All the rest said they have been working with the same lab for 15-20 yrs. Some Drs have their own Cerec (sp) machine to make their own crowns. The long distance local labs have pick up and delivery (some cover a 100 mile radius with many drivers) which would be very hard for me to do if they were over 15 miles or so away. I am emax cerified too. I spent a ton of money to set up the lab (had my own lab for 20 yrs in Ma.) and now in serious financial debt. Yes I need to get more work. Believe me I have tried. I did the mailings, show and tell with house calls, guess I need to do it more. The going price for a pmc is $125. Pitiful for I got those prices 25 yrs ago in MA. Any job offer will require moving. The housing market now would kill me with more losses with my home. I am a good technician, good trainer, and would love to learn all the new aspects of the industry. Being a one person lab...there is only so much one can do without getting spread out too thin offering too many types of restorations. I have worked other labs sitting at one bench and it is so much easier to be more productive. I am going to push at my efforts to get more work, and might have to consider a move down the road. I designed and built my dream home here... it will be hard to walk away from it. I am interested in knowing how everyone else's production is. My Dr is not a crown pusher. He also resists new products like pressables. In talking to a few friends their labs are very slow. I took a job last year and moved. The regular employees sabotaged me and I lost my job. Jealousy between employees...I just don't understand. I would welcome the opportunity to work with people who know more than me. I love to learn. New strategic ideas are in the making. Thanks everyone. [/QUOTE]
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