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Re: gas prices
Posted by jane on 3/24/04

    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
    >>
    I understand that EXXON and MOBIL supplies gas to "almost
    all of the other stations", so buying it from a non-name brand
    may not be of any use. Check it out. Who supplies Shamrock,
    7-11's, etc.? Jane

     
     

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