You got a discount for buying at the Bree Mayor's Office
Trestlebridge was attacked by Orcs
Hunting book pages from Spiders in the Trollshaws and other very specific locations.
The Maddened Hill Beast instance needed a full fellowship
Red dye needed Ichor (oh the farming)
Cooks could buy just about everything they needed from NPCs
Flying Pets and pets stuck on lamp posts in Esteldin
Lag so bad you could die by misadventure just trying to enter Esteldin
No Quest tracker or direction on mini maps and quests that included the wrong directions

Those were the days