PETROL PRICES.... YES WE CAN DO SOMETHING!
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Hi All, just posted this on T350/tamora/sagaris forum and thought it would be an idea to post it here too.An email I got last week.
If you think it can work send it to everybody you know who drives!!
Good morning All,
Here is an interesting idea to think about (and act upon?)
Please see what you think and pass it on if you agree with it.
We are hitting £1.29.9 a litre in some areas now and soon we will be faced with paying £1.50 per litre. So 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 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) i.e. 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 all 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!!! 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 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
If you think it can work send it to everybody you know who drives!!
Good morning All,
Here is an interesting idea to think about (and act upon?)
Please see what you think and pass it on if you agree with it.
We are hitting £1.29.9 a litre in some areas now and soon we will be faced with paying £1.50 per litre. So 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 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) i.e. 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 all 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!!! 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 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
I'm willing to try anything to stop us being repeatedly ripped off. Unfortunately, I fear it wont get the support it deserves as I got flamed for posting a thread about fuel prices a few weeks ago. Just preparing you for the apathy, excuses, arguments, etc. The way it's going we deserve to pay £10 a gallon, and we will, it's £6 a gallon now
Why boycott the Petrol companiesgarfys v8s said:
I agree Al however the oil companies profits do increase significantly every year.
But at least they have to do something to get the stuff to the pumps, R&D, Exploration, Extraction, Refining, Processing...need I say more?WTF do the government have to do? Sweet FA other than tell us they are putting the cost up.
I've no problem with a boycott BUT it's not the petroleum companies, lets get real here and not just join in yet another misinformed bandwagon.
garfys v8s said:
I agree Al however the oil companies profits do increase significantly every year.
Sorry but you're displaying the typical ignorance here.Oil companies make a pittance from petrol sales. A couple of pence a litre if that.
Petrol is overpriced because of TAX, and TAX ON TAX.
End of story.
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Don't care about high fuel prices, but it doesn't half flood GG. Petrol going up everyday yea right petrol round me have stayed the same since the vat rise on th 4th. Prices of oil is going down so we should see a reductions soon. All this it will reach 1.70 by the end of the year is crap. Good idea but it not going to work. If you want petrol to be reduced go campaign to the governement not oil companies as petrol is 50p a litre without tax. Even at 1.25 a litre is still cheaper than most bottles of water just think of that.
Since when did OPEC have a say over our terrible petrol prices? Oil is cheaper than milk, a barrel of oil is cheaper than 10 years ago, oil and fuel is at a reasonable rate at the moment, and has been for some time.
Its a government issue and not an oil company issue.
Also, 'not buying petrol' from someone wont impact at all, the eastern markets are going bandit for oil at the moment, the oil company could take one order from China and quash all your work in a single moment.
Its a government issue and not an oil company issue.
Also, 'not buying petrol' from someone wont impact at all, the eastern markets are going bandit for oil at the moment, the oil company could take one order from China and quash all your work in a single moment.
Soovy said:
Sorry but you're displaying the typical ignorance here.
Oil companies make a pittance from petrol sales. A couple of pence a litre if that.
Petrol is overpriced because of TAX, and TAX ON TAX.
End of story.
I used to know someone who ran a petrol station, he said he made 3ppl. That was before paying any outgoings. That's why they have to sell coffee, mags etc.Oil companies make a pittance from petrol sales. A couple of pence a litre if that.
Petrol is overpriced because of TAX, and TAX ON TAX.
End of story.
As JC said on Top Gear, fuel is only going to get more expensive as supplies dwindle and we have to resort to extracting it from shale etc. However, the Governmrnt, OPEC and hedge funds all play a part in determining the cost, so uless the action targets them, it won't achieve anything.
Besides, if you don't buy from a BP station, BP will simply charge the supermarkets more for the fuel they buy. After all, Sainsbury and Tesco don't own refineries last time I looked
Besides, if you don't buy from a BP station, BP will simply charge the supermarkets more for the fuel they buy. After all, Sainsbury and Tesco don't own refineries last time I looked
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