Quote Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
First, I can only speak for ourselves when I say that we don't sell $400 ounces. We take hits all over the place, like on our free meds/edibles/services, and on a larger scale because we deal with more patients. So you can't just extrapolate out on an 1/8th basis, no one makes that money. I'd wager our overhead and your overhead are on much different scales, as well, with licensing/insurance/security/payroll/advertising to boot. Shake is more just a deterioration issue with stock... if it's in a jar, it's going to loosen up a little bit. We have to deal with everything that is left behind.

Sorry if what I posted came across as smug or pompous. I feel like there is this huge misconception about the true cost of operating a dispensary and that we tend to get the short end of the stick. At times that means I get a little defensive. I don't believe there is a sustainable way to run a dispensary and charge the prices that a private caregiver can, or else we'd see one. Ultimately, it falls on the patient to decide if the ancillary services provided by a MMD beats those of a smaller caregiver. And so far they have, and in droves.
I guess that would depend on the size of a caregivers patient base and if they liscensed as a wholesaler to sell meds to dispensaries as I did for my clone business, so we are similar as far as overhead, employees, insurance, rent, security etc.