I bought a handful of 5-10 dollar packages when I first started to ramp up quickly.  Now the lowest packages are $20 to $50 with no $5 to $10 dollar options any longer.  The main issue with that is the packages are total rip off compared to what I was getting for $5 and $10 previously.  Right now I have a 'For Brilliant Strategists'  offer for for $50 that has 300k gold, and 5k troops along with the standard fare of other items.  My coworker has the same offer for $5 that has 400k gold and 1.5k troops.  Same number of boosts and what not.  

So the design here is the more money you spend, the worse return you get.  Pretty sleazy business tactic but I suppose it works for them or they wouldn't do it.  I assume this is logic that is based on how often you buy to entice you.  Does anyone know how long you have to not purchase something until the you're removed from the $20-$50 offers only?  If not I'll report back to this thread when I notice it.  

Still blows me away that a company who makes their money with the micro transactions would be so greedy as to jack up the price and lower the value based on how often you pay them.