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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I've said I don't trust the computation of BFSP; here's a little preliminary back-up from my collection of 4,894 prices from 15/2/2020-23/2. That's limited data but will quickly increase.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>1002 were exact $ values, being 20% compared to an expected 1%. That is so far outside normal expectation that I can't think of a rational reason other than manipulation or providing misleading figures. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>It's not because the higher prices are rounded - the 10 highest prices are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=91 style='width:68.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>511.84<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>557.25<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>567.44<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>571.09<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>580.88<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>592.44<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>604.27<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>668.85<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>671.44<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>833.61<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>the 10 lowest prices are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=91 style='width:68.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.23 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.36 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.39 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.51 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.52 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.53 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.53 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=91 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:68.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>1.54 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Of the 3,892 prices that are not exact $ values, 850 were to 10 cents ala TAB (eg 1.30 as above), being 22% compared to an expected 10%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>If I get around to it, I'll conjure up a theoretical (it has to be theoretical as BF don't provide data to enable checking) example of how the calculations can be rigged to favour certain people, including BF.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>LBL <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>