12 Biggest Lies In Harry Potter We All Accept
7. The Entire Wand Manufacturing Industry Runs Fine (At A Permanent Loss)
Allow
us to be blunt on this one—Mr Ollivander, and by extension we can presumably
guess most wand manufacturers, are at best being played by his providers, and at worst in the middle of running some sort of elaborate scam which implicates
most of the wizarding world, since almost none of the characters in this series
are seen without a wand to hand.
Let us explain. The prices of raw materials like unicorn hair needed to make wands are consistently shown to be more expensive than the finished product, a mere seven galleon affair. This means Ollivander is running at a loss before we even account for the little guy’s presumably impressive labour hours.
So—how do wands come into existence without bankrupting their makers?
On this note, remember that weird “three wands one spell” trick Harry pulls when fending off Greyback in the Deathly Hallows—so, is that something anyone can do with any number of wands, and if so, why does Ollivander insist that the wand picks the person? Also, why hasn’t anyone else tried using multiple wands at once before? What is going on here?