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ArmleyWhite
Allan Clarke
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 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: UK petrol prices |
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Now, this received a bit of scorn, but something needs to be done. I really think that if enough people carry the following out, it may make a difference!! If you don't agree, apologies. If you do, then all you have to do is pass it on to as many people as possible and it may do a bit to help! It may not, but what have we to lose by trying?
See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it
Petrol is hitting 107p a litre in some areas now; soon we will be faced with paying 110p a ltr. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:
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!
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take an aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS, not sellers, control the market place.
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. 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 wimp 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 a lot of people. If each of you send I t 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) 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!!! 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
It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Jet etc. I.e. Boycott BP and Esso. |
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raveydavey
Lucas Radebe
Joined: 12 May 2007
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Location: Leeds Yorkshire England
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Nice idea but it'll not work.
The BP station on York Road is one of the most expensive on this side of Leeds and it is always busy. No idea why, but it is.
I always fill up at Tesco, the caring sharing face of corporate greed, to get me clubcard points anyway.
PS - there is a 2p/litre rise in fuel duty already in place for April, regardless of the current amount of duty they rake in.
I can't be the only person who won't be voting Labour for the foreseeable future am I?  |
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ArmleyWhite
Allan Clarke
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:00 am Post subject: |
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I can't be the only person who won't be voting Labour for the foreseeable future am I? |
No, I'll not be putting my signature (x) in their box anymore! I'm far worse off now than anytime under the previous tory govmnt. I'll have to watch the parties close from here in to see who will get my vote!! |
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NE1
Neither Shallow Nor Sexist
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I never buy petrol from ESSO or BP
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Gopher
Boobmeister
Joined: 07 May 2007
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Location: Riding on the window lickers bus, first class.
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Baldy
Site Admin
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Location: Ballina NSW
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| I buy from Caltex
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He gets my vote for this. 
