The same thing happened to me long ago for the ten year titan. It is unfortunate when you drop a lot of money on something only to get it as a free gift but there is no way to plan for this other than to just hold out during any event that gives free stuff
king altoen -> RE: blood hawk daily prize (12/31/2014 2:22:54)
The Titan was free but I had picked up the Vector directly before it was released. Blowing what was for me a fortune of credits only to receive the same item for free.
It still an awful feeling dropping a ton of varium or credits on an item only to receive basically the same thing for free