Private message to Barty Crouch Jr.

[alt_rodolphus]

Barty - The most peculiar tales have reached my ear of late. Wondering if you, in all your investigatory glory, can verify. (Would ask the Missus, would she be bothered to answer.) Word has it that those spas who are helping women watch their waistlines are also skimming off with various bodily fluids and effluvium, then turning them over to the back door for a pretty profit. Can't imagine the goods are going to the brothels, but such things do have other uses...

As you know, my growing collection brings me to more than a few back doors. Met more than my fair share of scrap dealers, too, but in recent years they've become less common, not more so. There's not some kind of new movement afoot, is there?

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[alt_crouch_jr]

No, I think it's no more than an unsavoury rumour, but it is circulating vigorously.

Quite right about the brothels not wanting raw material from that source: can't imagine there'd be many clients returning if the reward for all their galleons was an evening with some puffy, middle-aged matron.

Agreed, though. There are certainly uses for such things, but my files confirm your sense of the matter: it's not particularly on the rise.

All well in your shop, then? Any interesting items aside from the ones you've looked at for us? (There's a black market that's causing concern. Feel sure you'll hear more in that regard soon.)

[alt_rodolphus]

Odd rumour, that. Were one spa in particular being singled out, I'd say it was a rumour borne of simple competition - but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I've always got an intersting trinket or two, though these days not much in the way of time to spend on them.

[alt_crouch_jr]

I'd say the rumour's aimed at the industry.

Not the best investment, reducing spas. If you take my meaning.