On 3/20/04, Janice wrote: > I received this from a friend about a month ago. “trust me on this one...”. Who is > Phillip Hollsworth? I think gas prices are a little more complicated than this. I do > not believe that lower sales will cause Exxon or Mobil to lower prices. When I > received this, I sent an email to the original sender, trying to find out her source or > motivation. I did not receive a reply. What a surprise. Honestly, I think someone > has a hidden agenda in this. Do a “google” search on Phillip Hollsworth and you > will see that this is probably a bad idea. My advice, break the chain. > > On 3/07/04, grant wrote: >> >> it may work but you know personally I used to buy Exxon until >> the last price blowup. I couldn't afford it anymore and I >> went to a place with" no name" I have just continued to go >> there ever since...I bet there are alot of people that turn >> away from the "name brands" when it spikes like that. It may >> not be as effective as they think. I hope it works though. >> >> On 3/02/04, jf wrote: >>> Just thought I would share.... >>> >>> Subject: Fw: GAS WAR! >>> >>> 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 =3D 300) ... and >>> those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3D >>> 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 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. >>> >>> >>> Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator >>> Interventional Cardiology Research Laboratories >>> Division of Cardiovascular Diseases >>> 932 Ziegler Research Bldg >>> 703 South 19th Street >>> University of Alabama @ B'ham >>> Birmingham, Al 35294-0007 >>> Phone: (205) 934-6163 >>> Fax: (205) 934-7360 >>>
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