To add a little more fuel to the "this is a rip-off" fire, many of the books they're looking for in 3.5e, 3e, and 2e are not hard to come by, either in physical

To add a little more fuel to the "this is a rip-off" fire, many of the books they're looking for in 3.5e, 3e, and 2e are not hard to come by, either in physical form on auction sites or in digital form. They don't need fans to do the leg work of finding these books for them. The only reason to do it this way is to avoid paying fair compensation for the time required to scan them.