Gringotts Was (Re: Where did the Nimbus 2000 come from? )

[uncmark]

No: HPFGUIDX 36943

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Gretchen wrote:
>This small detail has been nagging at me for a few years now.  
> Where did the Nimbus 2000 come from?  We know that 
> McGonagall "sent" it to Harry, but who paid for it?  Would she have 
> paid for it herself?  Would she have made arrangements for the 
> money to be taken out of Harry's vault at the bank?  Can she do 
that?

"Jedi Knight Jo" <jloveys at z...> wrote:
> Good question.  I've thought about this before too.  It seems to be 
> inferred in the books that she paid for it, but why would she show 
>that much preferential treatement to one student?  

> I also don't see how she could have made arrangements for the money 
> to be taken out of Harry's vault - it's his vault and his money, 
> and banks don't tend to let people take money out of someone else's 
> account.  Of course there's nothing stopping her telling Harry 
> she'd make arrangements to get him a broom if he paid - it could 
> have been an 'off stage' conversation not considered important.  

I posted before a question about Gringott's Bank. In Goblet of Fire 
(Ch. 5 & 10) Mrs. Weasley offers to pick up Harry's school supplies 
while he is at the world cup and when he returns he finds she not 
only shopped, but got him gold out of his vault. How? He never gave 
her permission(although he would have given it willingly). 

In the Potterverse you see little of the moneychanging items that 
muggles have (of course it's told from the POV of an 11-15 year old 
boy). We see no checks or even paper money (Mr. Weasley is confused 
by muggle pound notes in GofF). Could Harry ask Grongotts for more 
money by Owl Post? I wonder if Harry at age 15 could write a will and 
leave his Gringotts gold to the Weasley's, or would it all go to the 
Dursleys?

ANYWAY... My point is that from GoF we see there is a wizard 
mechanism to take money out of Harry's account. Possibly Dumbledore 
is Harry's 'wizard guardian' empowered to handle Harry's wizard 
affairs. He could have approved the purchase of the Nimbus 2000 with 
Harry's money (no conflict of interest) and have approved Molly to 
withdraw funds for school shopping in GoF. 

It would never happen in the Muggle world, but Dumbledore is who he 
is and Molly is the most trustworthy unselfish witch I've ever read 
about. 

It would not have been unreasonable if Dumble dore could have sent 
some extra galleons to the Weasley's for Harry's expenses staying 
with them in books 2 & 4. Teenagers eat a lot of food in two weeks 
and trips to the World Cup can't be cheap.

Uncmark