OT with apologies: BRING THOSE GAS PRICES DOWN!

[Guest guest]

I got this email today. Someone is probably going to flame me for sending

this to the lists, but I think it's important enuf to risk being flamed. Hope

some or most will pass this on. I think it's worth a try.

Carol A

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>

>>> Join the resistance!!! 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.

> >>>

> >>> 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 = 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 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.

> >>>

> >>> PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR

> >>>PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM

> >>>DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I got this email today. Someone is probably going to flame me for sending

this to the lists, but I think it's important enuf to risk being flamed. Hope

some or most will pass this on. I think it's worth a try.

Carol A

--------------------------------->

>

>>> Join the resistance!!! 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.

> >>>

> >>> 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 = 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 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.

> >>>

> >>> PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR

> >>>PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM

> >>>DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/14/2003 6:05:56 AM Central Standard Time,

sjacobs3@... writes:

> this is an urban legand that goes around regularly and is not true. You can

> check it

> out by going to: http://www.snopes2.com and typing 'bring gas prices down'

> in the search box. Then click on the article that comes up. They reprint

> the exact same thing you forwarded and tell why it does not work.

> --------------------------------

Well, I checked it out, and the site does tell you why they THINK it wouldn't

work. But how can they really konw if they haven't tried it? What is an urban

legend anyway? I hear the term used a lot, but don't really know what it

means. Is it in the same category as a hoax? If a story got started in farm

country, would it then be a rural legend? Of if in the boonies, a suburban

legend? How do the peeps at these websites determine if a legend is untrue or

if something is a hoax? Not questioning your motives at all, just curious and

a bit confused. Posted this to the list bcuz I think all should know how

easily we can be duped.

Carol A

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/14/2003 6:05:56 AM Central Standard Time,

sjacobs3@... writes:

> this is an urban legand that goes around regularly and is not true. You can

> check it

> out by going to: http://www.snopes2.com and typing 'bring gas prices down'

> in the search box. Then click on the article that comes up. They reprint

> the exact same thing you forwarded and tell why it does not work.

> --------------------------------

Well, I checked it out, and the site does tell you why they THINK it wouldn't

work. But how can they really konw if they haven't tried it? What is an urban

legend anyway? I hear the term used a lot, but don't really know what it

means. Is it in the same category as a hoax? If a story got started in farm

country, would it then be a rural legend? Of if in the boonies, a suburban

legend? How do the peeps at these websites determine if a legend is untrue or

if something is a hoax? Not questioning your motives at all, just curious and

a bit confused. Posted this to the list bcuz I think all should know how

easily we can be duped.

Carol A