money / summer jobs in uk

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 31847

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blpurdom" <blpurdom at y...> wrote:
> Early in the first 
> book, Vernon declares that he isn't going to pay for Harry's magical 
> education or supplies; it is never clear whether he wonders how 
> Harry DOES manage to pay for these things.  It might be that he 
> doesn't know people can get Galleons exchanged for Muggle money and 
> vice versa, so he might think wizarding money would be useless to 
> him anyway.  He might not have considered how Muggle-born students' 
> parents pay their tuition and purchase their school supplies in 
> Diagon Alley.  Given that Vernon dislikes thinking about magic AT 
> ALL, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case.

Vernon has shown a complete lack of interest in magical stuff -- he never 
even wonders how Harry gets to Hogwarts, after abandoning him at Platforms 
9 and 10.  Vernon certainly doesn't even suspect that wizards have their own 
currency system, nor their own shoping district, complete with bank, hidden 
within London.  In a fundamentalist sort of way, he believes that the less he 
knows and questions, the less he has to fear.