Why not BRIBE the Dursleys, for heavens sake?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 123047


Lupinlore:
> 
> If he doesn't want to use money, its hard to imagine he could 
not use magic to deliver material advantages to the Dursleys.  
Yes, it is a violation of Wizarding Law.  But it's impossible to 
believe Dumbledore couldn't have pulled that bit of larceny off.  
Besides, he countenances breaking rules and laws (he's 
sheltering a convicted murder in GoF and OOTP) on many other 
occasions, and if he refuses to bribe the Dursleys to prevent 
their abuse simply because of wizarding law he is a foul, 
mealy-mouthed old hypocrite.
> 

Pippin:
He certainly would be, since he had no objection to delivering 
some gifts for the Gurg. But bribes have a way of growing, and 
Dumbledore would have been looking at ten years of pay-offs. 
Not that he couldn't have afforded it, and as Harry notes to 
himself, he didn't think the Dursleys' objections to magic would 
extend to a pile of gold. 

But as I doubt the Dursleys could have restrained their greed for 
long, the Dursleys lifestyle would have improved to the point 
where the neighbours would have noticed, not to mention Inland 
Revenue. 

Pippin