Wait, Harry paid how much for a cup of coffee?

Hey brother!

Boy, oh freaking boy, you guys, there could be absolutely no doubt whatsoever that there

is generally no consistency when it comes to how much things cost within the

wizarding world. Like for example, Harry's one of a kind, infamous Holly

wand that is the sole brother to none other than Voldemort's own wand costs a mere seven galleons.

Meanwhile, later in the story inside of Hagrid's hut, we learned from Slughorn that a single

unicorn hair is worth 10 galleons?

Which either means it's extremely unfortunate

if a unicorn core wand chooses you.

The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter.

Or Olivander is somehow actually

decreasing the value of the associated elements required

to create a magical wand, and almost by definition must be subsidized by the government somehow.

That or he is some kind of a non-profit, a very, very non-profit.

And this feels even more true when you know the proposed exchange rate

between Wizarding currency and Muggle money. The figures that I've seen do vary but

they range from about five to seven muggled dollars per one

wizarding gold galleon which roughly speaking on the high end means that

Harry's wand which he can use know, for the rest of his life,

netted allivander approximately $35 to $49.

And if we attempt to use Harry's fellow first-year Gryffendors as any example for

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