Dursleys and owl post

[frankielee242]

No: HPFGUIDX 41325

Aldrea:
> Well...if there's a mail exchange office, then why did the Weasely's 
> send Harry a letter on their own?  I mean, they could have written 
> him normally, given the letter to Errol, and had Errol take it to  
> one of those exchange places so that it could be sent to Harry. 
> 

It seemed to me that Molly Weasley was trying to make a special effort
for Harry's sake, especially after Ron got hollered at over the phone.
 Possibly the conversion from wizard-to-muggle postal delivery takes a
long time, or is expensive. It could also be more trouble than it's
worth if my experience with the U. S. Postal Service is in any way
representative of global experiences.

For what it's worth, here's how I think the idea of a MM Postal
Conversion Office would work: 

Post from non-magical people, like muggle parents of Hogwarts
students, goes to a specific address (say a post office box) where it
is picked up by a WW postal carrier and transferred to owl. 

Wizards wishing to communicate with non-magical people (ex. future
in-laws) send letters by owl to a wizard-to-muggle delivery office for
assistance with stamps and routing codes, etc. 

Since Harry is a wizard, his home address wouldn't be on any sort of
"convert to muggle delivery" master list. Exclusion from that list
would make it impossible for Molly (even with Arthur's influence) to
convince the postal conversion office to convert it in the first place. 

"You want to send this letter via muggle post to a wizard?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Muggle post?"
"Yes."
"To a wizard?"
"Yes, could you please..."
"You have to send this by owl, ma'am. THIS service is for muggle
deliveries only."

Ever try to argue with anyone in the postal system?


Taken up to much of your time on small details,
Frankie