Please let those that already own FFXIV 1.0 purchase preorder privileges

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I think my reasonable price would be - $10 for the pre order items, since it's only 2 items and the CE items are being listed at $20 (I would totally go a bit higher though as long as it wasn't super extortionate lol). Paying another $20 for less items doesn't seem so cool D:

That being said, I have to note that this would not include any codes for early access etc, it'd literally just be for the ingame items.

This would put all the fluff items at a combined total of $30, which is pretty reasonable (I think, at least).

We could order the items if we pre-ordered the game, but we've already got our copy of the game so there's no point in getting another to collect dust. Some people may have a friend who'd take the copy off their hands, but all my friends that play MMOs already have the game so it'd literally sit on my shelf and weep.

As far as I've seen (I have been kinda derping this week), I have not seen a rep anywhere say "The only way you'll definitely be able to get these items is through pre-order." I haven't seen a rep shoot down Abriel's request anywhere.

They're allowing people to digitally upgrade to CE for a fee, why not pre-order? It'd be pretty much the same deal, trade cash for fluff.

The biggest problem with this is that it's NOT about paying the $30 to get the items, it's being forced to buy an entirely new copy of the game that would be wasted to get them.
If I didn't already own XIV, I wouldn't give it a second thought, but I do. Pre-ordering a game you already own and have played really stinks.