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max240
02-28-2004, 04:39 AM
Think it might work??

You just never know if this stuff is going to work,
> but its worth a try,
> don't you think???

> >This was sent to me and I thought it plausible.
> The "I" in this message is
> >not me, personally, as the original author - I'm
> just a messenger for the
> >author...

> >Join the resistance!
> >
> >I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon
> by the summer. Want
> >gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some
> intelligent, united
> >action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea:
> This makes MUCH MORE
> >SENSE than the "don't buy gas 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 gas.
> >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 with us!

> >By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
> about $1.50 is super
> >cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 for regular
> unleaded in my town.
> >Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations
> have conditioned us to
> >think that the cost! of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at
> $1.50- $1.75, we need
> >to take
> >aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control
> the marketplace....not
> >sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more
> each day, we consumers
> >need to take action. The only way we are going to
> see the price of gas
> >come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by
> not purchasing their
> >gas!
> >And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How?
> Since we all rely on our
> >cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN
> have an impact on gas
> >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 gasoline
> >from the two biggest companies (which now are one),
> EXXON and MOBIL. If they
> >are not selling any gas, 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 Exxon and Mobil gas
> >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. (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 e-mail 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 $1.30 RANGE
> AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS
> >CAN REALLY WORK.

HiPSI
02-28-2004, 10:27 AM
bahahaha. right. exxon and mobil supply gas to a bunch of other companies and BP/AMOCO is a very large supplier as well. between the 3 if you don't buy from them or someone they supply then you're not going to be going anywhere anytime soon;)

TiNMAN
02-28-2004, 10:33 AM
around here theres a place called VALERO, its like watered down gas that makes your ride go "put-put"....lol ;)

andrave
02-28-2004, 11:20 AM
besides, if you are like me than right now you have no cash and you travel on your BP card or your mobile speed pass...
and the local rinky dink places only take cash.

toreno
02-28-2004, 02:18 PM
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~hauk/images/rec/cookie-monster.jpg

DRFT
02-28-2004, 02:19 PM
what the heck does this have to do with gas prices?

West
02-28-2004, 04:17 PM
Is this like a chain letter where if I forward it to 10 people Ill get eternal happiness?

lol

Things are so commercial out here, cheap gas stations dont exist.

ca18guy
02-28-2004, 04:25 PM
You want to teach gas stations a lesson take public transit.