Havard Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Got an e-mail today with this on! Probably a repost but I am having problems giving a sh!t.... "See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it. We are hitting 95p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying £1 a ltr. 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. Please read it and join in! Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place 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 petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP. 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 Esso and 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! 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.(and not buy at ESSO/BP) 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 8days!!! 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 69p a LITRE RANGE. It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. i.e. boycott BP and Esso." H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Ignore me! It's a repost.... H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I had this e-mail after the protests back in 2000! Didn't work! People get petrol from where is convenient, shame though seems good in theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Also, and i could be wrong on this point, but im pretty sure that most supermarkets get their petrol direct from Esso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I cant think of my nearest BP or esso, it all comes from the same refinery up here anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonW Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 The cost of a litre of petrol is very cheap. It's the tax that stings us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 The cost of a litre of petrol is very cheap. It's the tax that stings us!!! Very true!! How about if we all sold our cars, quit our jobs and went on benefits...... They'd be fooked then wouldn't they?? Or something!! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I use shell, only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Very true!! How about if we all sold our cars, quit our jobs and went on benefits...... They'd be fooked then wouldn't they?? Or something!! H. can we not keep the cars and go on benefits? better still we could all take a leaf out of H's book and run on LPG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 H, its 26.5 Baht a litre here (ands its 70 Baht to the pound) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 H, its 26.5 Baht a litre here (ands its 70 Baht to the pound) Sounds a Baht right then!! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Sounds a Baht right then!! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Sounds a Baht right then!! H. Paul...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattanna Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 this comes out regularly, when prices go up. It more than likely would work but people just do not do it, remember though your petrol only costs about 30p per litre, the rest goes to the asshole government:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Very true!! How about if we all sold our cars, quit our jobs and went on benefits...... They'd be fooked then wouldn't they?? Or something!! H. You have a job?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 when Paul refers to his job he should definatly used these " " around it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I use shell, only I use Tesco only. They have 99ron here now (yipee!) and I don't get my card skimmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ads Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I use Tesco only. They have 99ron here now (yipee!) and I don't get my card skimmed. Which Tesco?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Sounds a Baht right then!! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Which Tesco?? The Tesco Express filling station/expensive shop here on Manor Avenue, Sale has it. They have regular 95 ron unleaded, and 99ron Super. There's no 97ron Super here any more. I thought we'd never get it in the Northwest too and it's right on my doorstep. Until we move house soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 Paul...... I am a misunderstood comedy genius!! You have a job?? when Paul refers to his job he should definatly used these " " around it! There are "workers" and there are "shirkers" in this life! How are you "workers" getting on.....LOL!! I'm off for a free lunch!! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Wouldn't work in Cheltenham, we have 1 BP, possible 1 Esso (But I think it may have closed (At Six Ways if anyone knows??), 2 Shells, a Texeco (*sp), a new rebuilt Tesco's one, Sainsburys, and a Morrisons... Think that's all... Everyone goes to what's nearest anyway, as I can't see some middle aged middle wanna be upper class housewife with her 4x4 that she needs to go to the shops and take little ginger Johnny to the Boys College be fussed about paying for fuel and where she gets it from, as long as there's ample opportunity for her to put diesel in it instead and spill a ton on the floor whilst flapping about in her cashmere cardigan... Point is, I think, is that unless they hear it's running out, people won't do alot about fuel prices going up, they just fill up and carry on, the same with most issues in this country... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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