[HPforGrownups] Re: Theory: Inflation in the wizard economy

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 92891

In a message dated 3/13/2004 6:41:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
bboy_mn at yahoo.com writes:
So, while I liked your analysis, I really don't see that much
inflation in the current wizard world. But, now that war has started,
everything becomes harder to get and more valuable, that combined with
economic uncertainty could very easily create inflation.
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Sherrie here, up too early on a weekend:

Bear in mind, too, that the Omnioculars were purchased at what is basically 
the WW equivalent of the Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, or the Olympic Games (or 
in my terms, the 140th anniversary Gettysburg reenactment) <g>).  It's pretty 
much axiomatic that a situation like that always adds a premium to the price 
of "souvenirs" - you've got a captive audience, it's something that doesn't 
happen often, they'll want something to remember it by, hang the price, I don't 
CARE if I can get a t-shirt for $10 in town, I'll pay $25 for THIS one!  So we 
really don't know WHAT the price of the Omnioculars would be under normal 
circumstances - you might be able to get them in the Alley for G5...

Just my 2 (uninflated) Knuts - as ever, YMMV.

Sherrie
"Unless history lives in our present, it has no future." 
PRESERVE OUR CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS!


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