Omnioculars

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 33054

joanne0012 wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blenberry" <blenberry at a...> wrote:
> > Having just learned the exchange rate for galleons, it struck me that
> > the Omnioculars at the World Cup, at ten galleons each, were the
> > equivalent of $70... pricey! (but supposedly a "bargain").  And Harry
> > forks over three times that much.  I must say, I'm shocked... I
> > would've thought Omnioculars would be in the $15-25 range.
> 
> Considering what they can DO, I think $70 is a bargain.  Wouldn't YOU pay that
> much to get your hands on one?  These aren't your ordinary binoculars, after all!

Heck, a set of so-called "ordinary" Muggle binoculars often costs
much more than $70!  The birding magazine I get ran an article
this month on the best birding binoculars, and the suggested
prices at the =low= end of the scale started at $100+!!


--Margaret Dean, who's suddenly realizing what a boon that
"freeze-frame/slow motion" feature would be to a birder . . .  No
more "Was that a -- D*MN!  There it goes!"