eh, who paid for harry's broom in first year? was that ever mentioned? or is it reasonable to assume they just got money from his vault?

 

I had always assumed that McGonagall purchased it.

 

Same here. It could have been taken from his vault, though, seeing as the Mother Weasley whore manages to take money out without any problem.

 

Yeah I hate that too.

Especially in 6th book, how Bill hands Harry a sack ful of gold.

I mean, why the fuck would he be in Harry's vault for!?

 

I always assumed Harry paid for it out of his vault. It was one of the reasons I always assumed something was fishy about the way Dumbledore was involved in his financials. Wasn't the Nimbus a 1000 galleons or so? (sorry, if I'm wrong. I don't own the PS/SS) I wouldn't think school funds would pay that, or anyone in thier right mind paying that much for a first year's broom who hadn't even proven himself in a game yet.

Of course, she might have drawn into her budget for Quidditch to pay for it, assuming there is one.

 

see if the school bought it they would keep it..over the summer...but harry took it over the summer...thus the school didn't buy it. Now the question becomes why do so many people have access to his bank account?

 

I could actually see Dumbledore secretly sticking his fingers into the Hogwarts cookie jar to buy a Quidditch broom for his favorite. I mean, his preferential treatment regarding Harry is pretty blatant in canon. Especially when the Nimbus helps his own old house win the cup and dethrone those nasty Slytherins. So yeah, if not McGonagall, I could see Dumbledore buying it using his own money or surreptitiously using the school's funds to give Harry a gift under the table.

 

The reason why so many people have access to Harry's accounts is simple. It's because they can't appreciate the power of the knork.

 

Harry also gives the key out pretty willy-nilly. He GAVE it to Molly to get his money. I don't know if he ever got it back, but...

And I think Dumbles bought the broom.

 

No, it was the knasty power of the Knasty Knork that caused all of this. That and Chuck Norris and his Roundhouse Kick.

 

Err. . . suuure it is.

Btw: your sig gave me a headache.

 

Of course it is, Chuck Norris is behind everything. Could you read my sig?

 

P|-|3r /\/\Y 1337|\|3$$ = phear my leetness= fear my idiot talk , lol. Sorry, but leetspeak irks the crap out of me.

 

I'm all out for Manipulative!Dumbledore, power-hungry!Dumbledore, maybe even evil!Dumbledore, but Dumbledore the thief? No, it just doesn't sits well with me.

 

Not really a thief in the strictest sense. Albus is Headmaster, so I should think that he has the right to use school funds for whatever he deems right and proper. Still, I would think he'd pay for it on his own. Being around so long and doing so much work (Supreme Mugwump, Wizangamot head, Hogwarts Headmaster) probably lends to him having a shitload of gold that he never spends due to his living at Hogwarts pretty much gratis all year round. I would imagine that he has enough to fund the Order by himself in canon, unless had been stealing Harry's money to do so, which contradicts his character as you said. It's not like the organization had anybody with the gold to do so. They're mostly middle class people and poor fucks like Remus, Dung, the Weasleys, et cetera. So yeah, Dumbledore should easily be able to afford a broom to give Harry, though he can't blatant about coming out and handing it to him lest other students and their parents raise a shitstorm about him giving preferential treatment.

 

I hate the cliche about how Dumbledore steals the money to fund the Order.

WTF?

It's not like the Order needs money to run! What's he gonna buy for them? Extra wands? Bullshit...i don't see it happening.

I can understand when they say that he takes the money to give to the Weasleys and whatever, but this is just stupid.

I personally am a fan of the fics that have DUmbledore take Harry's money to pay the Weasleys, but it also leaves a lot of plot holes.

Many fics have stuff like Dumbledore takes the money, but when Harry finally gets into his Family Vault, he finds books by Merlin and whatnot. One would think that Dumbledore is at least smart enough to take such things as well...why leave a priceless book in the hands of a brat?

In response to the thread:

I don't see the Nimbus coming out of anyone's pocket but Harry's. We already knw that the boy is notoriously loose with money, shelling out like 60 Galleons for omnioculars at the drop of a hat. If 1000 galleons is a shitload of money, then 60 is a respectable amount.

I'm sure it came out of his own pocket, considering that DUmbledore somehow had the keys to Harry's vault. There's another plot-hole...even if Dumbledore is the guardian, why the fuck should he have access to the key of the kid's vault? It makes no sense. He is obviously not family.