My slickest move in LOTRO was to buy scroll cases -- which give random recipes -- on the auction house when they became available at the prices one could sell t

My slickest move in LOTRO was to buy scroll cases -- which give random recipes -- on the auction house when they became available at the prices one could sell them to vendors at. Then I waited until an update introduced new recipes (most notably Coffee), opened cases, and sold some of the new recipes for scarcity value. Before that, I built up a relative in-game fortune by buying low and selling high in all sorts of items, as well as picking my targets in crafting. My initial grubstake came from people who'd make items to practice crafting, then offer them on the auction house for the same price they could sell to vendors. I bought them, held on until no other copies were for sale, then sold them for prices that reflected their usefulness.