I'm curious what a reasonable price is to you? If these items together were offered at $19.99 would that be enough for you?

And if taking the game Final Fantasy XIV: ARR out of the equation and Square Enix offered minions and or vanity items in the future priced at $9.99-14.99 would we just be seeing threads titled "Vanity items too much!" pop up?

While I don't per say disagree with what your asking, Square has already stated this is how you get the pre-order privileges and have decided to package minions along with those privileges. If you don't think $29.99 is a reasonable price to entitle yourself to these additional items then you can move on and be on your way. Other than the fact everyone has a right to one's opinion and the forums is a place to post that...or complain about it...

It seems like it's really coming down to your not willing to pay for the price they're asking for. Thus I'm curious if these items were simply priced at $29.99 alone without the game would this thread still exist? Or would we have another thread titled "These Vanity items are priced too high..."

Just think it's beating a dead horse when it's already been stated how to obtain these privilages... but again your entitled to your opinion and ability to post about it.