Promotionnal items

[Enkidoh]

And what about thos who wanted to get the item but had to face sold out ? Should they be punished for SE's inability to manage their stock properly ?
Why does it feel so good to know you (general you, not you you Seraf) have something another person does not have instead of helping him to get it too ? will it ruin the pleasure ?

Because if they produce too many items for the demand they're left at the other extreme with a ton of useless merchandise no one wants - this was what happened with FFXIV 1.0's Collector's Edition - SE overestimated demand and produced far more CE versions than what was sold, leading to a glut of unsold stock (I remember seeing one 1.0 CE version sitting unloved at my local EB Games for literally 8 months after 1.0's launch with a heavy discount on it), to the point SE later instructed all retailers still with unsold FFXIV 1.0 stock to return them to SE for disposal.

As unused 1.0 copies's registration codes actually are useable for ARR (in other words, owning 1.0 entitles you to download ARR for free), as are it's item codes (Onion Helm for Collector's Edition, Garlond Goggles for the 'standard' edition, which is actually harder to find ironically.), remaning unopened copies of FFXIV 1.0 (both CE and standard version) are selling for huge amounts on sites like eBay. No doubt SE wants to avoid a repeat of this and so now has ARR merchandise in-game item codes with a default use-by date, specifically to avoid onselling.