Subject: Fw: Petrol Price War Idea
I normally 'delete' emails like this - as I'm not sure that anything can
help.
But if you think about this plan, it just might have some effect. At least
it's
some sort of protest about what's going on - and certainly worth a try!!!!
Join the resistance!!!!
>
>Do you 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 fuel 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 fuel. It was more of an
>inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought
of
>this idea, may just have come up with a plan that can really work. Please
>read on and join with us!
>
>By now you're probably thinking fuel priced at about $1.00 is super
cheap.
>Me too! It is currently around
>$1.30 per litre for regular unleaded. Now that the oil companies and the
>OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre of
fuel
>is CHEAP at $1.00, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that
>BUYERS control the marketplace - not sellers. With the price of fuel
going
>up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are
>going to see the price of this fuel come down is if we hit someone in the
>pocket by not purchasing their fuel! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting
>ourselves.
>
>How?
>Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying fuel. But we CAN
>have an impact on petrol 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 fuel or any products
period,
>from the biggest company in Australia, CALTEX. If they are not selling
any
>fuel, 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 CALTEX fuel buyers. It's really
>simple to do!
>
>Now, don't bail 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 30 people. If each of us 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, and by the time the message reaches the sixth
>group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers .... A
>reasonable chunk of Australia!!!
>
>Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people - that's all! (If you
>don't understand how we can reach 3 million and all you have to do is
send
>this to 10 people....
>
>How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten
>more people within one day of receipt, all three MILLION people could
>conceivably be contacted within the next few 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. I suggest that
we
>do not buy from CALTEX ** until they lower their fuel prices to $1-00 or
below
>** AND KEEP THEM THERE ** START THE BOYCOTT TODAY!!!!!!!!