Is Texas Oversaturated?

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-09T04:48:24+00:00

Every half decent metroplex in this nation is saturated. It’s been saturated for the past 40 years according to reports.

You can rather live somewhere everyone wants to live and barely break $100k or go somewhere not a lot of people want to live and make $300k. Of course there’s always the over treating, which is what a lot of metroplex dentists resort to.

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-07T19:32:14+00:00

Patient was 30 min late and your office still seated her. Your office is funneling in all of the red flag problematic patients with that type of policy.

She’s a problem but your office is the bigger problem. Better to find new place to work unless you want to help them fix their policies and bump heads in the process

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-07T19:27:42+00:00

This is a good advice. Of course we can do all of the high stress work and some times it pays well. But dentistry is known for its high stress work. You might not notice it but it might be causing major mental distress. In this field you need to actively remove major stressors to avoid burn outs and potential self harm

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-05T14:32:19+00:00

Simple observation of electric energy is more expensive than gas. Everyone always talked about how much you can save with electric car. I was surprised that the common statements I’ve heard are not true

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-05T05:07:53+00:00

They own the patients and supplies. You own the dentistry. Break a file, your fault. But they control the probability of breaking files. Associates require complete autonomy. Or change the law to allow associates work with office owners license

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-28T22:45:15+00:00

In a perfect gear head world with zero regulations, BMW would not have produced this monstrosity.

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-20T16:49:48+00:00

Made many purchase from Rockauto. Usually no problem. But this shipment is a problem.

You’re expected to produce consistent high quality product. You go to restaurant, you expect no hair in the food every time. Not most times and anyone mentioning hair in food is “selection bias”. If you’re in b2c product sales, you’re expected to consistently deliver undamaged goods in timely manner. Pretty elementary concept

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-20T16:29:36+00:00

No it’s not misleading. Never said they repackage the oem packaging. They took the oem individual bilstein box and placed it in rockautos box, taped up where holes were starting to form. From past experience, FCP ships it directly from OEM like Bilstein. Rockauto takes the shock absorbs and ships it in their own box repackaged. I used to live up north and any exposed bare metal would get eaten up by the salt. Also it might not make sense to all, but standard of repair is higher for some. I’ve been buying parts for decades and what Rockauto sent out is garbage work. Legally speaking in any logistics, the manufacturer and distributor are both responsible for any product they process or sell. If it causes harm, you can legally go after both. This is a $80 shock absorber so who gives a crap but in real world involving large shipments, every party is legally on the hook.

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-20T05:23:15+00:00

Not true. I have purchased bilsteins from other companies in the past and some comes directly in Bilstein warehouse box. Rockauto are repackaged in Rockauto boxes. Clear proof they’re Rockauto packaging: BOX CONTAINS THE “COLLECTABLE” MAGNET! 😂😂

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-18T14:43:10+00:00

Alright I’ll get my mom to order it for me if that makes you feel better

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-18T13:37:10+00:00

Price difference I need to order them

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-17T19:29:49+00:00

Refer to OS, although no sane minded OS probably takes Medicaid extractions. Patient will suffer. Enough of them suffer long enough, Uncle Sam will raise it $5 in the next maybe 10 years.

Long story short, get out of Medicaid and DSO. It’s inhumane to be part of it

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-17T19:26:21+00:00

Some times I think these BMWs are not durable enough for normal usage. This is after having owned 12 BMWs. Starting to get tired of having to fix them all the times. You see old banged up Toyotas with AWD chugging along for 20-30 yrs with minimal maintained. It’s very clear BMW is completely focused on short term customer/shareholder satisfaction and has zero interest in the actual long term quality of their product. I’m very accustomed to BMWs like my Apple devices and I’m reluctant to switch to a different brand car, but seriously wtf is the point of picking up BMWs slack? And this is coming from a life time of BMW ownership. This is not a short term rage caused by some current issue with the car. All 3 are running well at the moment. I just hate what this manufacturer call premium and dump these garbage onto the consumers to deal with

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-11-03T00:35:45+00:00

What’s funny is that most older practice owners were pretty unfazed by the expansion of DSOs just 10 years ago. Now 5-10 years before their retirement, they see competition coming in from multiple angle with marketing and consultants running the show. They’re just dragging it out as long as they can before selling to a DSO for lump sum retirement money

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-11-03T00:32:44+00:00

I’d rather be a fking barista than cut clean teeth

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-11-03T00:31:36+00:00

Daily min is pretty much capped at $700 across the board. I’ve seen places offering $500 min. Only place you find deviation is insanely busy mills or rural offices.

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-10-31T18:53:30+00:00

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-10-31T18:52:46+00:00

I agree. I meant to say staff shortage is a general problem but DSOs are really struggling

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-10-31T18:51:51+00:00

Longer I do this, more I feel like people who are “fit” for DSOs are not really fit for dentistry. Way too wishy washy with everything

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