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B&N has been charging for paper versions of public domain books for years. So has Penguin and a host of other publishers.
Like it or not, this is actually what public domain is all about. If PG wants to format them and give it away for free, more power to them. If someone else takes PG's work and slaps a price tag on it, with or without adding materials, it's fair game. If someone wants to take Pride and Prejudice and add a bunch of zombies to it, it's wide open.
"Caveat emptor" strictly applies to how well the editions are formatted, and you can always get a sample to see if it's any better than what you'd get from PG, Manybooks or other free sources.
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