Subject: Fw: The Price of Petrol - Interesting
> > concept!
> > >
> > >Received the following which sounds like a good
> > idea.
> > >A very interesting idea...will it work ?
> > >We are going to hit close to $1.35 a litre by the
> > winter.
> > >Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take
> > some intelligent,
> > >
united action.
> > >Philip Hollsworth,???who ; 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 at .89 /
> > .95 cents, we need to
> > >take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS
> > control the
> > >marketplace 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 ..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
> > >BP petrol 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!!
> > >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!
> > >Again,all You have to do is send this to 10 people.
> > That's all.
> > >(and not buy at 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 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 TO
> > THE 80cents a LITRE
> > >RANGE Action It's easy to make this happen. Just
> > forward this email,
> > >and buy your petrol at Shell,
Caltex,
Mobil, g,a.s.
> > or Gulf Outlets
> > >and drive by BP Stations.
> > >
> > >Also who is it that always is first to inflate the
> > price and the
> > >others follow = BP
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