thanks,
satheesh.
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Satheesh Nanjan. phone:(650) 607 0244 (off)
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Electronic Commerce. www.cs.orst.edu/~nanjan
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This is a new and better gas-out plan. Thanks, Raman ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Raman Garg Sr. UNIX/ClearCase System Administrator OCDF-SS, Oracle Corporation Phone: (650)506-6044 500 Oracle Parkway, M/S 2op341 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Fax: (650)506-7407 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pradeep Singh Unix Administrator Siebel Systems Inc San Mateo > -----Original Message----- > From: Samantha Chen > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 10:46 AM > To: Jennifer Revis; Dave Allison; Pradeep Singh; Satwant Jakher; Fred > Hall; Laura Zaruchaeva; Sophie Huang; Lei Chen > Subject: FW: GAS-OUT > > FYI- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > <mailto:[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 10:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Nancy_O'[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: GAS-OUT > > THIS MAKES MORE SENSE NOW TO BOYCOTT. > I'm sure you'd heard about the "gas-out" on April 30. > Word spread so fast on e-mail that the whole nation knows about it and the > media picked up on it. However, gas companies weren't scared because they > wouldn't lose sales, since everybody was buying gas on April 29 and May 1. > So, a Las Vegas radio station has come up with a better idea to take > things one step further. > The radio station has suggested to boycott a particular company, and > refuse to buy from them until prices get back down to normal. The radio > station picked Chevron, so in order to make this work, you need to stop > buying from Chevron until their prices become normal again. Maybe a > severe loss of business will force them to take action in order to drop > prices and regain business, which will force changes by the rest of the > companies across the board to remain competitive. Sick of paying close to > $2 a gallon? > This can work, but you have to do two things: > 1. Do not shop at Chevron > 2. Send this on to everybody you know > > The reason Chevron was picked because they were one of 2 companies who > started this whole thing. Chevron raised its prices because it shut down > one of its refineries and said that they couldn't keep up with the demand. > They used the supply and demand theory. They DEMAND more money because > they don't have the SUPPLY that its competitors have. > >
