Harry's Big Money Gift.... & more on money

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53095

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak <pipdowns at e...>"
<pipdowns at e...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Erica <cymru1ca at y...>" 
> <cymru1ca at y...> wrote:
> <Snip> 

> Cedric still touched the Triwizard cup at the same 
> time as Harry; Harry should *never* have been given the full 
> thousand. The prize should have been split.
> 

bboy_MN:
Agreed, officially they tied so they share the Cup and the prize
money, but Cerdic is no longer around. So that leaves Harry.
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> I doubt the Diggory's would ever have wanted the money, 
> ...edited...
> the only people he's tried to give the money away to are the people 
> who have a moral claim to it, *or* the people who he's just found 
> out were cheated out of their savings. 
> 

bboy_mn:
I also doubt that the Diggory's would want the money, they would be
just as uncomfortable as Harry at gaining something from Cedric's death.

As someone else pointed out, Harry offerred to return the money to the
Ministry; he tried to refuse to take it. Then he offerred it to anyone
in the room who wanted it. Then he offerred it to the Diggory's who
refused, and finally to Fred and George.
-end this part-

> 
> Yup. I'd be hesitant if a fourteen year old offered me a thousand 
> quid as a gift. One thousand galleons is probably more like, say, 
> fifteen thousand quid? 20,000 dollars? 
> 

bboy_mn:
Sorry to be a nit picking jerk but G1,000 = £5,000 = $8,100 (at
current exchange rates). Generally to estimate conversion between
currency, I use 1:5:7. The G1:£5 was given by JKR in an interview. The 
£5:$7 constantly fluctuates with currencies exchange rates. As an
additional reference point, 1 Sickle is about 47 cents (US at current
rates), and 1 Knut is about 1.6 cents. (1G=17S=493K)

The twins originally bet about G38 (37G.15S.3K) on th World Cup, or
£190 or $308 (multiply £ x 1.62). Bagman said he would give them good
odds, but even at 10:1 they wouldn't have come close to the amount
Harry gave them. To Fred and George Weasley, $308 IS a small fortune.
By the same token, $8,100 is a big fortune.

Also, Bagman gave Fred and George G5 for the trick wand; G5=£25=$40;
pretty generous I would say, although, he only added that G5 to their
bet, so it's likely that he thought he would never have to pay. 

More money...
If a Firebolt cost 'hundreds of Galleons', and we assume the minimum
that qualifies as 'hundreds' is 3, the G300=£1,500=$2,430. Given a
choice between a new car for $24,300 and a new worldclass flying broom
for $2,430; I'll take the broom everytime.
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> Pip

bboy_mn:

Just a few random bits I thought I would throw in.

bboy_mn