Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes was founded by Fred and George Weasley around 1994 or previous and they started selling, or at least advertising, in the summer of 1995. The following summer they opened premises at 93 Diagon Alley. Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells joke and trick items, useful novelties and Defence Against the Dark Arts items. Customers include the Weasley family, Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Romilda Vane and the Ministry of Magic themselves...
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Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes was founded by Fred and George Weasley around 1994 or previous and they started selling, or at least advertising, in the summer of 1995. The following summer they opened premises at 93 Diagon Alley. Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells joke and trick items, useful novelties and Defence Against the Dark Arts items. Customers include the Weasley family, Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Romilda Vane and the Ministry of Magic themselves.
Fred and George started using the name "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire for mail orders. To run their own joke shop had always been their life ambition, and this ambition was finally realised when Harry Potter, a good friend of theirs, gave them his Triwizard Tournament winnings of a thousand Galleons. (In point of fact, he threatened to hex the two of them if they didn't take the galleons. He had no desire for the money, being independantly wealthy already, and claimed that he would do better with more...
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