Although this does -make sense,- I doubt that it will get implemented. That might sound a bit odd, but I get the feeling that the request command was implemented with a lot of rules (perhaps to avoid abuse) and that was because lighties in general "should" use violence as a last resort.
I think Dulrik just doesn't feel like having items obtainable without any sort of challenge or risk behind them. In the case of lighties, they at least face lag associated with their request.
EDIT: It makes sense for NPC choices, yeah. But psh, NPCs aren't people.