frog_southampton
12-01-03, 11:34 PM
We are going to hit close to 89p a litre by the summer.!!
> >
> > Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,
> > united action.
> >
> > This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol on a
> > certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
> > The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we
> > wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy petrol.
> > It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for
> > them.
> >
> > BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that
> > can really work. Please read it and join in! By now you're
> > probably thinking petrol priced at about 77p a litre is super
> > cheap. Me too! It is currently 79p - 83p for regular unleaded
> > in some towns.
> >
> > Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned
> > us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at 77p -80p, we need
> > to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
> > marketplace.... not sellers. With the price of petrol going up
> > more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we
> > are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone
> > in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that
> > WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
> >
> > How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol.
> > But we CAN have an impact on petrol prices if we all act together to
> > force a price war.
> >
> > Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol
> > from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.
> > If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce
> > their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will
> > have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally
> > millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now,
> > don't whimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain
> > how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
> >
> > I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it
> > to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at
> > least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message
> > reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
> > MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on
> > to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If
> > it goes one level further, you guessed it... .. THREE HUNDRED MILLION
> > PEOPLE!!!
> >
> > Again,all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.(and not
> > buy at ESSO/BP) (If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million
> > and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... well, let's face
> > it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am... so trust me on this
> > one.)
> >
> > How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to
> > ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
> > conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't
> > think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we
> > can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this
> > message on.
> >
> >
> > PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE RANGE
> >
> >
> > Action:
> > It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your
> > petrol
> > at Shell, Tesco, Sainsburys, Jet etc. i.e. boycott BP and Esso
> >
> > Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,
> > united action.
> >
> > This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol on a
> > certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
> > The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we
> > wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy petrol.
> > It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for
> > them.
> >
> > BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that
> > can really work. Please read it and join in! By now you're
> > probably thinking petrol priced at about 77p a litre is super
> > cheap. Me too! It is currently 79p - 83p for regular unleaded
> > in some towns.
> >
> > Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned
> > us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at 77p -80p, we need
> > to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
> > marketplace.... not sellers. With the price of petrol going up
> > more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we
> > are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone
> > in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that
> > WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
> >
> > How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying petrol.
> > But we CAN have an impact on petrol prices if we all act together to
> > force a price war.
> >
> > Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petrol
> > from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.
> > If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce
> > their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will
> > have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally
> > millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now,
> > don't whimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain
> > how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
> >
> > I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it
> > to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at
> > least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message
> > reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
> > MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on
> > to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If
> > it goes one level further, you guessed it... .. THREE HUNDRED MILLION
> > PEOPLE!!!
> >
> > Again,all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.(and not
> > buy at ESSO/BP) (If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million
> > and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... well, let's face
> > it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am... so trust me on this
> > one.)
> >
> > How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to
> > ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
> > conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't
> > think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we
> > can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this
> > message on.
> >
> >
> > PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE RANGE
> >
> >
> > Action:
> > It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your
> > petrol
> > at Shell, Tesco, Sainsburys, Jet etc. i.e. boycott BP and Esso