It definitely makes more sense to pay high prices as a dispensary for these hyped clones of the month, just to move more product. And I get economies of scale make a 1k clone negligible. That’s certainly not the perspective I’m speaking from as a measly personal homegrower.
That said, I don’t think paying 1k to save like 700 in taxes will ever make sense financially, unless you really want/need that clone for other reasons. Would be much nicer from the buyer side to buy a $100 or even $20 clone (and also write that off).