Its been a good while. probably at least 12-15 months ago. I could probably find the receipts if I really tried. That was a pretty good time in general to be buying. I remember picking up 3
Saruman, SOS from Ebay buy-it-now for $6.00. But then again I was on Ebay constantly back then. My best was 8 RoS starters for $13.00 after shipping.

I love getting into games when they're dying lol. My two biggest games that I play now are Lotr and Mage Knight Dungeons. Needless to say I am very thankful for this website!
Another trustworthy place to buy is House Atreides based in UK (
http://www.hacards.com/). Got a
Ring of Doom foil for $12 there.
Most of these places have pretty much scraped the bottom of the barrel as far as power Lotr cards are concerned. You just have to keep checking for when/if they get more stock. (which may not happen anymore :/)