Sl!m Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Apparently we are going to hit close to $1.35 a litre by the winter. If this happens the prices will flow on down to the price of every thing we buy! Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. 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. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at .89 / .95 cents, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace not sellers. With the price of petrol going up more each day, me 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: BP and Mobil). 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 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 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! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (and not buy at BP and Mobil) 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 80 cents a LITRE RANGE. It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Caltex, GAS. or Gull Outlets and drive past BP and MOBIL Stations. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[d a n n y]] Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 um..this is pretty stupid this aint gonna happen. as the prices rise due to the demands in the growing countries like china and india Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1325189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver gts-t Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 its a great idea but wont work, people are to stupid Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1325193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXc Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 this goes around all the time. it wont work. plus bp and mobil are the only ones worth running. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1325195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boj01 Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 No chance of this working as there are too many consumers for this to work. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1325257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver gts-t Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 it would only work if a radio or tv station got behind it and due the power oil companies have and the risk of being sued i doubt it Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1325264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 welcome to last year Slim. This spam email has come through my inbox quite a few times in the last 3 years. nothing ever happens. I highly doubt it would really work anyway... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1325397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar32 Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 People will go whereever is easy, or they'll drive around getting the cheapest price, either way I don't think they'll be bypassing the two biggest companies. Besides, some of us need the higher octane and stuff, or ju7st find their car runs a bit better on the ol' ultimate I'd love to put pressure on the companies - but its a sad fact the prices are going to rise. That said, I've been paying over 1.15 for well over 6 months now. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1325432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeykplunk Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 this goes around all the time. it wont work.plus bp and mobil are the only ones worth running. I tend to disagree... I find I get the same out of any 98 octane fuel..... But each to his own I guess..... The other thing I've got to say about this spam is, that it simply won't work. And especially not out my way. We've got all three in the one street within metres of each other. The BP is ALWAYS the cheapest, no matter what. The Caltex fluctuates alot, but the Mobil, well, they're always over the top with their prices because they know they can still stay in business cause the police station across the road has to buy from them.....lol Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1326337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 If you want cheaper petrol use your credit card to pay for it By the time it has actually been processed and shows up on your bill you cbf caring what the price is Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/71881-petrol-prices/#findComment-1326370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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