Guest guest Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 -- check _http://snopes.com_ (http://snopes.com) regarding gas boycotts. -Wes In a message dated 9/3/2005 9:15:07 PM Central Daylight Time, dcrosby@... writes: Please agree with this one! Everyone, I have to agree with this one. Last night, the Mobile station on the corner of & nbs! p;54 near where we live, raised the price by 14 cents! It's now up to $2.99 ! This station is always the first to raise their price and by the most of all the other stations around. I am getting sick of it and was not going to continue buying my gas there anyway! Hear we are going to hit close to $3.50 a gallon by the Fall. Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action 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 $2.75 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 co! ntrol 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 (sic) 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 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 1 0 = 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 and DON " T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. That's all. 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. 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 -- Now ..... Help ! EXXON and MOBIL. Don't forget !!! Margaret [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Economists tell us that such a plan would actually increase the price of gasoline dramatically. Why? Because in one day the little (cheaper) companies would deplete their supply of gasoline and have to purchase their supply from Exxon and Mobile at inflated prices. It would have the effect of eliminating competition. The independents have a very limited supply of gasoline and prices are driven by supply and demand. They don't keep their prices lower because they are nice guys. They keep their prices lower because they need the business. If their demand rises - so will their prices. Larry > I know, but the idea has a little virtue to it, even if it dosent have a > snowballs chance in hell of being effective. > Please agree with this one! >> >> >> >> Everyone, I have to agree with this one. Last night, the Mobile station >> on >> the corner of & nbs! p;54 near where we live, raised the price by 14 cents! >> It's >> now up to $2.99 ! This station is always the first to raise their price >> and >> by the most of all the other stations around. I am getting sick of it and >> was >> not going to continue buying my gas there anyway! >> >> >> >> Hear we are going to hit close to $3.50 a gallon by the Fall. >> >> >> >> Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, >> united >> action >> >> >> >> 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 $2.75 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 co! ntrol 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 (sic) 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 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten >> more (300 x 1 0 = 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 and DON " T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON and >> MOBIL. >> >> >> >> That's all. >> >> >> >> 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. 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 -- Now ..... Help ! >> >> >> >> >> >> EXXON and MOBIL. Don't forget !!! >> >> >> >> Margaret >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Very true. In fact, if you want to send a message, send the message that we DO NOT NEED gasoline. Stop driving until prices come down, buy a more economic vehicle, use LESS fuel! That is the only message that might make them listen. If there is no demand, they will lower their prices because they will need to sell. This is not accomplished in a single day. Mike _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Larry Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:41 PM To: Subject: Re: Fw: This makes sense Economists tell us that such a plan would actually increase the price of gasoline dramatically. Why? Because in one day the little (cheaper) companies would deplete their supply of gasoline and have to purchase their supply from Exxon and Mobile at inflated prices. It would have the effect of eliminating competition. The independents have a very limited supply of gasoline and prices are driven by supply and demand. They don't keep their prices lower because they are nice guys. They keep their prices lower because they need the business. If their demand rises - so will their prices. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Very true. In fact, if you want to send a message, send the message that we DO NOT NEED gasoline. Stop driving until prices come down, buy a more economic vehicle, use LESS fuel! That is the only message that might make them listen. If there is no demand, they will lower their prices because they will need to sell. This is not accomplished in a single day. Mike _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Larry Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 5:41 PM To: Subject: Re: Fw: This makes sense Economists tell us that such a plan would actually increase the price of gasoline dramatically. Why? Because in one day the little (cheaper) companies would deplete their supply of gasoline and have to purchase their supply from Exxon and Mobile at inflated prices. It would have the effect of eliminating competition. The independents have a very limited supply of gasoline and prices are driven by supply and demand. They don't keep their prices lower because they are nice guys. They keep their prices lower because they need the business. If their demand rises - so will their prices. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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