deisel prices
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 14:50
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I am sick and tired of the petrol companies ripping us off at the inflated price of deisel, I have a suggestion and want to see what people think about it.
All of us ban one fuel company for a week eg we all ban Shell for the week of 1/04/05 to 7/04/05 we do not fill up any of our cars at these service stations. Then the following week we ban BP and so on. Imagine if the number of people attending the petrol stations dropped by 50% in a week! I am sure that the petrol companies would stand up and take notice and reduce the price of deisel to a fair and reasonable price as opposed to the ridiculous situation we have now.
What I would suggest is that everyone that reads the thread emails everyone in their address book and requestes that those receiving the email forward same on to all of their address book and so on. I do believe something like this was done a few years ago and it did have some success. So what do you think is it worth while???
Cheers
Jason
Reply By: flappa - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 14:59
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 14:59
Its simply not going to work.
The amount of diesel sold to Joe Public Verses , what they sell to Companies , means , they simply dont care.
Joe Public is nothing but a PITA as far as the Petrol Companies are concerned.
They make no profit from Joe Public buying 100l of Diesel. They make LOTS of profit from selling 1000's of litres of diesel to Transport Companies etc.
Regretably, you want to drive a vehicle , you pay for the fuel.
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Follow Up By: Member -Dodger - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 17:16
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 17:16
Yes and our money grubbin govt gets more GST as the price rises.
No wonder the Treas/ned kelly is smiling.
Appoligies ned for the insult.
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Reply By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 15:28
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 15:28
What may work would be 50-100 ppl turning up to servos at a prearranged time, and only buying 1-2 litres of fuel. The queues would be horrendous, the volume of traffic surrounding the areas would prevent the smooth flow of any sort of traffic, the staff would be overworked for little reward for the Majors, and ultimately we would ask them to close their doors for a period of time to send a loud and clear msg to the Majors that we are sick of it.
If this happened to them on their Thursday mark-up day or other high demand period (Friday before Anzac day??) they may get the msg. A gold coin donation tin inside for the servo proprietor would be offered to offset the inconvenience.
Note that we would have a legitimate reason for being there (purchase of fuel) and so could not be reasonably "moved on".
General idea is not to just hit them where it hurts, but also when it hurts.
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Follow Up By: Brian B (QLD) - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 16:46
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 16:46
Hi,
Mate I agree in principle and am just as ticked off as everyone at the price but the reality of your idea is that the anti 4wd brigade would give us a great serve over it I think. You can hear Today Tonight now can't you - "4WD owners caused huge delays at local garages - What an inconsiderate bunch."
I think we would be setting ourselves up for a good hit.
I agree with the others. I need to fuel my cars and have to pay the prices and I really don't think that my usage counts for much at all compared to large companies etc.
Cheers
Brian
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Follow Up By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 17:56
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 17:56
If you did it to the petrol and diesel and gas bowsers, with whatever vehicle you have (car, 4WD, boat, ride-on mower, even your normal mower), it could work.
If you want to stick to diesel then do it on the outbound/inbound truckies stops, or get the owner/operator truckies themselves to do it as they are being screwed by the Majors too. Could you imagine the mayhem if the truckies only bought enough fuel to get to the next town at each stop...
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