A few weeks ago the Oulu newspaper, Kaleva, announced that it would give Euro 10 to anyone who gave "Best Buy" suggestions which were published by them in a Saturday column called "Hintavahti".
We have watched the column for three weeks and we find it is a fraud on the public.
Kaleva has no publicly published rules for deciding which is a "best buy" . It fails to even acknowledge any suggestions sent to them. There appears to be no basis for their deciding which is a "best buy" other than the "whims" of the Editor responsible.
We submitted what we knew were really best buys from our experience of over 22 years of playing the game we designed and published in 1994 in the book "Handbook for Survival in Finland". 
Kaleva did not even an acknowledge our suggestions.
Kaleva appears to be ripping off unsuspecting readers who have to pay Euro 0.70 for submitting an entry.
The first winners of "hintavahti" should be those who are cost conscious and submit their entries to Kaleva using email, for which there is a ZERO cost - something which obviously does not please the "Kaleva" Editors very much!
It is our intention to start our own "Best Buy" section of the Chaff Blog. You can submit your entry, free of cost, by email to us and we will check your suggestion and publish the best buys submitted giving acknowledgement to all those who submit the valid suggestions.
We will also publish other suggestions for our readers to comment.
Further, we will take you back in history to the prices as they prevailed in 1994, as published in our book, to see what has been the impact on joining Europe and of having changed over to the Euro.
Can we offer a prize for the best suggestions?
We would very much like to so as to motivate you to do some research for other readers of the CHAFF Blog.
If anyone is willing to sponsor this - we would certainly like to offer a reward.
If you are in a position to make a sponsorship offer, do contact us by return.
FIRST SUGGESTION
The first suggestion is one which is a favourite among many of our friends as they all use a lot of FRENCH FRIES.
The best price for French Fries is the Euroshopper 2.5 kg packet which is available in Citymarkets at Euro 1.95 per packet. This works out at Euro 0.78 per kg.
At Cassa OU in Haukipudas you can buy a Euroshopper 1 kg pack of French Fries at 0.79 per kg. A 2.5 kg packet of French Fries at Cassa OU in Haukipudas ia Euro 1.99 per packet, which Euro 0.796 per kg. If you buy 3 packets of the Euroshopper French Fries at Cassa OU, because of the rounding off of Euro 0.02 (Euro 5.97 to Euro 5.95), you will pay 0.79333 per kg. (Brilliant Finnish maths - where larger packing sizes cost more than smaller ones - economy of scale in reverse!)
Do remember that you can buy various Euroshopper products at many shops. What we have indicated above does not mean that the product is being offered at the same price in all the shops.
Also, just because it has the Euroshopper Logo does not mean that it is the Best Buy!
In our opinion, the Citymarket price for 2.5 kg packs of FRENCH FRIES is a "BEST BUY".
Do let us have your submissions!
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