broken_brian
28th May 2004, 12:29 AM
got this bit of chain mail 2 day so thought id pass it on here :D
sounds good tho :cool:
This has been passed on to me and it does make quite a lot of sense.
>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.
>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 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. 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 a lot of 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) 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, Morrisons (75p)Jet etc. i.e.
boycott
>BP and Esso.
sounds good tho :cool:
This has been passed on to me and it does make quite a lot of sense.
>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.
>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 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. 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 a lot of 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) 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, Morrisons (75p)Jet etc. i.e.
boycott
>BP and Esso.