Gringotts Bank was Re: PoA question and Sirius

[Ali <Ali@zymurgy.org>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50531

I wrote:-

>>> Gringotts bank must allow cats to withdraw  money in a way we 
Muggle Bankers would never do, and possession of a key must equate to 
authorisation....>>>

Dicentra corrected:-
 
>>> Crookshanks never went to Gringotts.  All he did was take Sirius's
 letter of authorization to the Owl Post in Hogsmeade.  The owl took
 the letter to Gringotts.  Someone there withdrew the money from 
vault 711, purchased the Firebolt, and sent it back to Hogwarts.  
Don't know who that someone was.  Maybe Sirius sent a separate letter 
to the Quidditch supplies shop.<<<

Oh dear, does that mean that I'll have to give up my much cherished 
LOON badge? That serves me right for being flippant.

Back to canon though, I see Sirius' authorisation letter as a kind-of 
cross between a postal order and a cheque. It does seem to indicate 
that the WW does deal in representative money as well as the real 
stuff  - gold.

Ali