Gred, Forge, Prize Money, Dress Robes, the whole deal.

[Gregory Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 59724

Jesta Hijikins says:

"Well, theyr'e out of school now = and opening a joke shop may not take them 
to many fancy occasions.  I suspect dress robes are like a tux or a very 
formal suit - they may not need them now in their current line of work."

I must disagree a tad.  In *this* world anyone starting a business is going to need a suit.  They're probably going to set up shop in Hogsmeade since their target market is michievous kids.  Since they are well known in those parts as *being* mischievous kids they are going to need to take steps to make sure that they project a serious businesslike image when it is required.  If nothing else, they are going to have to find shop space, living quarters, and presumably both warehouse space and lab space (which is to say, some place explosion proof).

They can easily get Ron some new dress robes by saying there was a buy two get one free (or half off or whatever) type deal at the robe shop.

Were I them, I would think it would be fairly easy to keep the money quiet in this whole thing, and it would quite probably be fairly smart business sense too.  They can start off pretty small.  A small shop in Hogsmeade and perhaps a cart in Diagon Alley at likely times, which is to say shortly after the Hogwarts letters are delivered.  Conserve capital as much as possible and all they have to do is pretend they are slightly more successful than they really are.  Since I suspect they are likely to be fairly successful it shouldn't be too hard.

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Gregory Lynn


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