Muggle/Magic Business and Money Exchange

[illyana delorean]

No: HPFGUIDX 46498

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>bboy_mn wrote:
>
>I wonder if there is a magic world law against that????
>
>then i added:
>
>I am assuming that there is a MOM law against wizards using
>magic to manufacture goods that will be sold to muggles. Part of Mr.
>Weasley's job is to ensure that muggles do not come across bewitched
>items (and to fix the situation if they do), so that leads me to believe
>that there would be a law against this.


>bboy_mn replies:
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>Well, you answered your own question. There is a big difference
>between an object that was made by using magic, and an object that
>contains magic after it's been made. <snipped a few sentances?

now i add more!:

What question did I ask? I was answering your (apparently rhetorical, 
since you have given it deep thought) question!

Anyway, I completely understand that there is a big difference 
between enchanting something and using magic just to cut/manufacture 
something. However, it seems to me that the MOM would not want 
wizards doing this sort of thing, just because it would be hard to 
keep tabs on every piece of merchandise that sold to the muggles. I 
would also think that the MOM would want everything inspected before 
it was sold, so that they could ensure that none of the wizards 
decided to enchant the product. I am sure that there are many wizards 
who would think it very funny to sell a shrinking cabinet to a muggle 
(Fred and George come to mind).

>bboy_mn also wrote:

>Independant of my fiction, I still think, mostly on a very small
>unobtrusive scale, that there are some businesses that act as an
>interface between the wizard and muggle worlds. Probably a better
>example is Gringotts bank. They have some need to exchange muggle
>currencies. (snipped some sentances, again <- I don't want to have 
>to re-post again because I'm not snipping enough :)

now I add even more!:

This I totally agree with. Perhaps the goblins create business 
relationships with squibs who own muggle shops or something - the 
goblins could trade the muggle money for wizard money, and it 
probably wouldn't really matter either way to a squib, because they 
can use either kind of money.

Of course, we could always just take the easy way out and say that 
the goblins just use magic to turn muggle money into wizard money, 
but that's just too easy (and unrealistic, in my opinion, because it 
would probably be illegal to tamper with money in the wizarding world 
- just like in the real world!).

illyana

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