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Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:04 AM
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I dont really know if this would work but it may be the only way to ever have the consumer lower gas prices. I got it on another forum and just thought Id spread it here to see what yall thought.


This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that has been going around recently! 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 a minimum of $2.99 for regular unleaded in our area.

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. 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 a mathematician. But I am... so trust me on this one

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.
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 10:45 AM
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this is getting as annoying as turbinator questions. im so sick of reading these threads as well.

 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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Damn, grumpy. This is only like the 3rd gas thread.

I'll pass it on, becasue it IS consumers that set market price. We as a group don't exercise our power enough.
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 11:31 AM
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I buy from Kangaroo, so I guess I'm already helping. I actually haven't bought any gas since before the hurricane. Thank God I drive a civic.
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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since i moved to the motor city, in my daily travels, i have bought gas four times, since march...mind you, i have taken a few long trips, but from just driving around town, ive only gotten gas four times, and that comes from sams club..im getting 23/28...
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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yeah i burn thought the gas too... In canada just don't buy gas from ESSO or Petro Canada... I don't anyway... Canadain tire all the way.. they give u 5 cents a L in canadain tire money it's not much but i get about 100 bucks a year or so
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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It's a done deal!
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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well when you see it 3 times on 5 different boards it gets lame

thats all im saying.
it has been looked into and has been determined that even if everyone would avoid them for a day or two it wouldnt change anything
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 03:00 PM
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It's not a day or two. It's designed that you don't buy gas from them unitl they lower prices.
 
Old Sep 11, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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it'd prolly work but it would be verrrry hard to organize a mass amount of people to do this
 



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