[HPforGrownups] Re: broomsticks vs. flying carpets (was: It's all Lucius Malfoy's fault....)

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 55350

On 15 Apr 2003 at 7:04, Steve wrote:

> As far as wizards, we don't have the exact price of a broom but the
> Firebold cost hundreds of Galleons (G100=+$800); 'hundreds' would
> safely imply $2,000 to $4,000 for a broom. Suprisingly cheap for
> transportation, but way way way too expensive to ever consider using
> as a real broom.

Yes, but I would have thought also too expensive to use as an instrument of physical 
punishment - and Molly Weasley seems to have done that - I'm sure she hadn't spent 
anywhere near as much on a broom but it does point to the fact that some people might 
not exactly be gentle with the things.

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