I've had enough of this rubbish,
Why don't we pick on Shell this time? Why is it always Bloody BP! Ever think this e-mail originated from Shell or an independent petrol network? Pushing petrol prices down anyway will just make the 2 for $5 V deals $5.50 and no-one likes a cranky developer at 3am in the morning!!
Less than 45% of crude oil is petrol, and less than 30% of all fuel sales are consumers. Do the math... (or don't... what do I care... as long as V is 2 cans for $5!!)
It's kind of like telling people not to buy Microsoft Project and then expecting that to be the demise of the company. Fools. (Security flaws in Internet Explorer and .Net will be the demise of Microsoft)
Oh and Don't eat @ McDonalds. That way McDonalds will lower the price of cheeseburgers and that will force Hungry Jacks, KFC and George's For Fish to lower their cheeseburger prices...
In summary:
Please take drugs into Indonesia. If you make it back alive, I'll stop buying petrol from BP.
Kind Regards,
Christopher Dawes
Dawes International
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>�Hey all,
>�
>�This is a crazy idea that just might work.
>�
>�Shane
>�
>�-------------------Forwarded Mesage---------------------- Subject:
>�FW: Don't buy petrol at MOBIL OR BP!
>�
>�I called the number on the bottom of the email, and it is for real.
>�This initiative does come from Barry Minster, worth calling and
>�chatting to him if you need reassurance.
>�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.
>�
>�How 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, 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 petro! l 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.
>�
>�Barry Minster
>�State President
>�
>�Ex Service, Service &�Veterans Party
>�www.esvp.asn.au
>�13 Ermington Place
>�Kew 3101
>�Telephone: 03 9816 9713
>�Disclaimer:
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