Yes, so true!!! I never could and never will afford ejuice that costs $1/ml or more, that's ridiculous, and none of it is THAT good! The best bought ejuice I've tried is sweet-vapes' Blueberry Muffin, and that one, I'd still buy, because I can't replicate it; it's $9.95/15ml, so roughly .66/ml -- costly enough!
But the best ejuice I've ever tasted, period, is my own strawberry & cream. It's been my ADV since about November, and it beats any other ejuice I've EVER tried -- Hardrock Vapor's Strawberry Fields and Cuttwood Unicorn Milk are both pitiful, in comparison with it. And it costs less than .15/ml to make, even with WTA as 5% of the mix.
Andria