It’s just another lie of the type these threads tend to be filled with nowadays.

Of course they aren’t buying “all copies”, and that wouldn’t even be possible in most cases since such books are usually flea market/attic material and most copies aren’t for sale (or even catalogued) to begin with.

I’d be interested to learn who comes up with such lies though. Is it really just random people venting their frustration, or some kind of organized astroturfing operation?

It really does seem like an organized operation, given that it's so prevalent and they all seem to be in lockstep with their specious claims.

I think these type of lies usually come about as a result of a game of broken telephone and things get exaggerated