You haven't bought things since they bartered with livestock. There's been inflation since then.

Hee! And the bulgarian goat, and Harry's great big ball of tangled up magic charms... ::snicker::

I am completely besotted with the idea of Harry solemnly taking the magician's oath at age six, and the twinkle in his dad's eye as he did it. This is a lovely sequel to a lovely fic.