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My dentist charges $75 if you miss an appointment without 48 hours notice. A few years ago, I went to my appointment. I was about 15 minutes early as I always am. I waited almost 45 minutes, which put my appointment 30 minutes late. The receptionist informed me he would not be able to make the appointment as he had had an emergency in the morning and everything got pushed back throughout the day. I asked for my $75. She was dumbfounded. Although I wasn't rude, I was pretty adamant about getting my money.

My time is worth a lot as I had to leave work for 2 hours to visit the dentist, plus gas to drive there etc and nobody called to tell me about canceling the appointment. I got my money...or at least they credited my account. Good enough for me.