Harry making money

[g33k]

I think Molly mentions getting a salary at some point, and Harry says, “What?!?” I’m sure Mab wouldn't stiff Harry, due to her obligations as Queen, so his money is likely piling up in a bank account - or vault - somewhere. And Mab would act all innocent and say, “You never asked.” Maybe his account is with Hades?

OK, I could see that.
Harry turning out to have million$ (that really, he doesn't need) in some account Mab set up for the WK... Just after he works through some (painful) Harry-esque solution to not having a bit of cash when  convenient.
That's a VERY Harry thing.

[Stiletto]

And Mab probably pays in gold bullion or something else not easily liquid or transportable. A vaultful of Roman pennies?

[narphoenix]

There’s a WOJ that says Harry doesn’t make money as a Winter Knight because his salary is power, basically. According to Jim, if Harry made a salary salary, it would also require him to be taking shifts on the Winter Court’s schedule as opposed to doing things more his way.

[g33k]

There’s a WOJ that says Harry doesn’t make money as a Winter Knight because his salary is power, basically. According to Jim, if Harry made a salary salary, it would also require him to be taking shifts on the Winter Court’s schedule as opposed to doing things more his way.

Ah.

TYVM!

[g33k]

There’s a WOJ that says Harry doesn’t make money as a Winter Knight because his salary is power, basically...
 

That makes excellent sense, actually.

Think about Harry's negotiation with Mab:  what he bargained for was a healed back, and POWER.  If he had included "oh, and enough money for a comfortable living," I doubt she'd have quibbled, nor made the cash hard to collect.  But it ... Really wasn't on Harry's agenda when he negotiated.  It really, REALLY wasn't.

So it's not part of the deal.

[Independent George]

Harry:

1. Lives on a remote island with his own private dock.
2. Has a time share on a yacht.
3. Is a premiere member of the most exclusive health club in Chicago.
4. Cruises Chicago in a vintage Rolls Royce Silver Wraith.
5. Has been spotted at the ultra-chic club Zero.
6. Vacations in Mexico and Scotland at the drop of a hat.

Clearly, Harry is a bazillionaire. He isn't a slob; he's eccentric.

[Fcrate]

Well.... When you put it like that. lol

[Braincandy]

sure I'm almost up to date on the books, I've just begun on Brief cases.
I'll assume u are up to date on changes as well

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As butters committed a huge no, no by bringing bob out in to the field, and Harry now will need a spiritual spirit to help raise his youngest daughter. I would greatly assume he would reclaim Bob, especially as Butters is only holding it temporary.
Butters also have a new teacher (Michael & Charity) + god on his side. So he doesn't necessarily need him anymore.

The diamonds are a finite resource that he will not be able to life off forever on top of that they will take a long time to fence.
If he buys a house and needs to rebuild his tools and laboratory, it will not be cheap.
a few millions doesn't go very far, especially if he needs to hire Kincade or mercenaries again.

So far there hasn't been any talk of support from winter besides from the car, not even a single mention of pay for his services.
I think he would be a fool to set up shop in something that is not his. I would not be surprised if the winter faeries would be able to bypass any securities on the house if they owned it.

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The diamonds may be a finite resource but Harry has always lived a very spartan life. Between the diamonds and his salary, I am sure he has more than enough to raise a kid or two. In fact, I'd wager that he is taking this diamond money and taking the first steps to making himself financially solvent in the long term, like the other wizards are described as doing. If nothing else, Harry is smart enough to set aside a fund to make sure Maggie will be cared for if something happens to him.

Plus. I think you may be underselling how much money he has in diamonds. I suspect those boxes were worth far more than just a million or two. Remember, even Marcone had a visible reaction to them when he opened one of those boxes and saw how much was in it...and Marcone is the definition of "poker face" and he's filthy rich.

[g33k]

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I think Harry has HUNDREDS of millions worth of diamonds.  Remember that top-tier professional criminals considered it a permanent-retirement plan.

My math goes as follows (facts via Google; blame estimates on me):  I'm going to liken diamonds to sand, by bulk dry weight.  Diamonds are denser, but there's more airspace.  I think I'm UNDER-estimating the weight of a shoebox-full of diamonds, here, but "about like dry sand" seems like a reasonable approximation. 

Sand weighs about 100 lbs per cubic foot.  I'm going to rough-guess a shoe-box as 6inches x 6inches x 1foot, so we are looking at 1/4 cubic foot, or 25 lbs.

Diamonds are worth about $12.5million per pound.

12.5 x 25 (all rough numbers, so rounding down) is 300million.

I believe this is the LOW end.

[Steelblaidd]

Yeah but not all at once.

You dump 25 LBs of Stones on the market all at once and its going to affect the price AND catch the attention of people whose attention you don't want.

Also all this was in the bag carried out by an average sized woman, I suspect its closer to 5 pounds.

Edit: Some one els  has done the math.  Once its all sold  think 7 Figures not 6. https://www.paranetonline.com/index.php/topic,53065.msg2318329.html#msg2318329