[HPforGrownups] James' money (was: James, a paragon of virtue?)

[Pyros Wife]

No: HPFGUIDX 123690



Phoenixgod2000:
> There is no evidence that James is actually rich. Harry might just 
> happen to have a lot of money because he had access to accounts 
> which haven't done anything except acrue interest. Of course for a 
> child who grew up with nothing and his only other vault example 
> being that of a poor family, Harry might have false impression of 
> exactly how much money he actually has. 


SSSusan:
Sorry -- not so that there's no evidence James was rich.  We have 
this from JKR in an AOL chat from 2000:

J.K. Rowling: Well, I can't go into too much detail, because you're 
going to find out in future books. But James inherited plenty of 
money, so he didn't need a well-paid profession. You'll find out more 
about both Harry's parents later.



Tayla:

Not to mention that I don't think that Goblins are much into the "interest" thing that Muggles may be inclined to.  Even in RL, if you put something that is of value into a vault, it doesn't accrue interest, it just sits there...and sits there.  Maybe that is the American in me and things are different in the UK, but here, you can put diamonds into a safety deposit box, but you don't get interest on the value of the diamonds.  

OTOH, what would the interest rate be on something like the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone?

Tayla


		
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