Subject: Petrol
Subject: FW: Petrol Boycott
A very interesting idea...will it work ? Needs a
coordinated
effort,
which is not email distributions strength - but its worth a
shot
read on.
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 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 $1.05 $1.08, 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), 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
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 alot 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 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 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 .85 a
LITRE RANGE
Action: It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this
email and buy
your petrol anywhere else boycott BP and Esso
--
Mrs Lisa Hurcombe
Finance Officer
Adelaide Graduate Centre
The University of Adelaide
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