Call To Action - Gas Prices
> Subject: An Interesting example of power of Viral Marketing > > 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. Philip 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.(California) 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 sel! lers. >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!! .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 AND KEEP THEM DOWN. >THIS CAN > REALLY WORK. YOU KNOW THEY LOVE HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER TRAVELERS > ^^^^^^^^^^^ OK . You don't like this one ? You're economists. Come up with an economically sophisticated boycott for the PEOPLE.
