Another Dursley Question & Muggle/Magic Business

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 46451

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "amberhillcrest" <amberhillcrest at y...> wrote:

Maureen Amber
> There are several instances in which the Dursleys send Harry gifts.
 ... ... ... I am wondering how the Dursleys got the gifts to Hogarts
in the first place.  ...edited...
> 
> So, how do they get the gifts to him?  
> 
> 
> -Maureen Amber

bboy_mn adds:

As someone already pointed out, Hedwig brings Harry's gifts from the
Dursley's. 

I think near the holidays, Hedwig flys to the Durlseys and hangs
around pestering them and making a racket, in a sense, intimidating
the Dursleys into senting Harry a gifft. So the Dursleys put the first
thing they can lay their hand on (tissue, toothpick, pence coin) in an
envelop and send Hedwig on her way before she can attract the
attention of the neighbors. (By the way, I'm pretty sure Harry had the
horrible socks before he went to Hogwarts)

So that explains Dursley's gifts to Harry. Someone else brought up the
more complex question of, How do all the muggle kids at Hogwarts get
their gift? Good question! 

I guess, since there is speculation that the common muggles who are
invited to Hogwarts get a different acceptance letters than the one
Harry got, and that this letter has special instructions for things
like how to get into Diagon Alley, how to exchange Pound notes for
Galleon coins, etc...; it could also tells the muggle parents how to
communicate with their kids while the kids are at Hogwarts. It's not
unreasonable to think that Hogwards could have a public or private
Postal Box somewhere that all muggle correspondance is sent to, then
the house-elves or who ever or whatever, periodically pick up the mail
and bring it to Hogwarts.

I personally believe that there are a lot of muggle interfaces into
the Magic world, if for no other reason than a matter of convenience.
I think Gringotts has several muggle front companies that it uses to
transfer money between the wizard and muggle worlds, and to make
muggle world investments. You know those goblins, if they can see a
way to make a 'buck'; they'll do it; magic or muggle.

Side note: do you think Goblins are sneaky enough to actually use
magic to manipulate the muggle stock market, so they can make money?

I think there are some wizards who have married muggles and choose to
live in the muggle world, and use their businesses to help magic
business transfer goods and services between the magic and muggle
world. Example: A muggle married wizard could run a fresh food produce
business, and sell fruits, vegetables, etc... out the back door into
the magic world. A custom cabinet maker could funnel some of his
busines to magic cabinet makers to speed production. I think that
would be a great way to make money. Have a muggle front business the
funnels all the work into the magic world, then returns in faster,
better crafted, and with lower labor costs and a higher profit margin. 

I wonder if there is a magic world law against that????

The point is that I think the are a lot of 'back door' gateways
between various aspects of the two worlds.

Sorry, I know I strayed a bit, hope you'll forgive me.

bboy_mn