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Money [BG Spoilers]
Conspiracy Theorist:
Harry currently has to buy a lot of Pizza, if he cuts out the middleman, he saves money, and he can recoup what he is paying out by having the Little Folk deliver flyers. As stated it ensures the loyalty of the Little folk
The Little Folk will gladly spread the word, if that word is Pizza.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on October 10, 2020, 11:23:13 PM ---Harry currently has to buy a lot of Pizza, if he cuts out the middleman, he saves money, and he can recoup what he is paying out by having the Little Folk deliver flyers. As stated it ensures the loyalty of the Little folk
The Little Folk will gladly spread the word, if that word is Pizza.
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Yes and no, because Toot insists on the top ingredients and they do not come cheap.
Conspiracy Theorist:
He doesn’t need to, he can supply the Little Folk at cost, at the moment he is paying the pie house a slice a profit with each pizza. If the number of pizza’s are constant, elimination of the profit element brings down the overall cost to Harry . He is still charging his mortal customers the same so is getting an income that way.
Just don’t let Toot do the accounts.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: Bacail on October 09, 2020, 04:43:25 PM ---IIRC, Jim stated that Harry has about 2mil of diamonds and I doubt he would want to ask Mab or Molly for more a loan. Those interest rates have to bite big time.
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Two million is one tenth of the $20 million that Nicodemus said they could easily get. The diamonds were split 5 ways, and then Harry split his 1/5th with Murphy. That's an annoying amount because it should be way higher. Like 5 to 20 times higher. I think we've all seen/been party to the conversations about how much the diamonds should be worth. Here's Priscilla's math on how much the diamonds would be worth. https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/comments/273l6q/skin_game_spoilers_money/chxf3vf/. I tend to agree with her. Now, you would still have a limited, but large, budget because you probably can't just sell all the diamonds at once, especially when you consider that there are four other sellers out there unloading these diamonds. Five if Murphy's share doesn't end up back in Harry's hands.
Jim also said the reason for the diamonds was to move Harry past having money problems and into the mo' problems mo' money brings.
--- Quote from: Arjan on October 09, 2020, 05:03:08 PM ---But Harry is a knight now and marriage to a rich heiress is the traditional way for impoverished nobility to improve their financial position. ;D
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:)
--- Quote from: Mira on October 09, 2020, 08:44:15 PM ---In had a friend who described owning a house a bit like owning a whore.. ::)
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Was it a rent house? Because I get that analogy.
--- Quote from: Eleyctra on October 09, 2020, 09:23:45 PM ---And he's not rolling in income either.
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This. He doesn't have a job anymore.
--- Quote from: TheCuriousFan on October 09, 2020, 10:22:23 PM ---Maybe he'll get lucky and the events of BG will have made property values in Chicago plummet.
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They would make the average value plummet, but the value of an intact and fortified residence would probably skyrocket. I'm not sure if they take actual value into account for tax roll appraisals.
But renovating a castle has to be insanely expensive. How many people do you know who have experience building, maintaining, or repairing a castle? I'd expect that alone to make it expensive. The materials aren't going to be cheap either. Granted, Harry only has to fix the roof/ceiling in a single room, but maintenance is also going to be expensive. I've seen estimates ranging from 1 to 5 percent of the market price of the castle.
Harry might be able charge a fortune to people who wanted to rent a room from him. The castle's going to be really safe. It's coming and going that would put residents in danger.
This all would be a lot easier to figure out if we knew how big the castle is.
ElJefe81:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on October 12, 2020, 10:02:18 PM ---But renovating a castle has to be insanely expensive. How many people do you know who have experience building, maintaining, or repairing a castle? I'd expect that alone to make it expensive. The materials aren't going to be cheap either. Granted, Harry only has to fix the roof/ceiling in a single room, but maintenance is also going to be expensive. I've seen estimates ranging from 1 to 5 percent of the market price of the castle.
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I feel like the answer here is Svartelves. They'd know how to fortify it/rebuild it. It seems like they don't know that Harry broke Thomas out (or that Thomas was even broken out), so you'd get the added bonus of Harry feeling guilty/awkward as they did the work and expressed gratitude for his role in saving the city.
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