Well, the two hours I spent on hold with SE phone support gave me plenty of time to search my emails and the order page.

Neither say that the only bonus items for the digital CE are in-game items. In fact the webpage is very misleading. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/product/
The way it is set up leads one to presume that the bonus items are for all three versions of the CE.

The in-game items are not worth 20$ and if it was so abundantly clear on the site, I would not have spent the extra money.

I guess I'll request a refund and they can remove the in-game items from my account, then I'll buy the cheaper version.