What a load.....OIL CO bs chain letter

[Craig 930 RS]

Hey, guess what is circulating.....I didn't start it
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This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas 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 gas. 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 with us!

By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.75 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50-$1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace.... not sellers.

With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!

And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas 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 gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, 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 Exxon and Mobil gas 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 about thirty 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 DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. that's all.

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 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 $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

[pwd72s]

I wish them lots of luck...easy enough for me to do, since there are zero Exxon or Mobil stations in my town.

[Don 944 LA]

as long as Arco aint on the list .. Irun on the cheapest stuff I can find..

[bryanthompson]

Anyone have a list of gas stations and their affiliations? I dunno if their plan will make a difference, but what the hey.

[pwd72s]

Originally posted by Don 944 LA
as long as Arco aint on the list .. Irun on the cheapest stuff I can find..

Do you keep gas mileage records? Up here, ARCO means GASAHOL, big time. A gallon of alcohol contains less energy than a gallon of gasoline. Therefore, gasahol equals fewer miles per gallon. Try different brands, record mileage. Sometimes "the cheapest stuff" isn't....

[Dantilla]

Originally posted by Craig911
we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace.... not sellers.

Buyers DO control the marketplace. And as long as the demand stays high, what the oil companies are learning is that gas is artificially low at a "mere" 1.50/gallon.

While this is an interesting idea, I would like to know how to insure that the little mom & pop retailers won't be the biggest casualty. That's who will be hit the fastest and hardest.

[dhoward]

Originally posted by Craig911



I am sending this note to about thirty 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!!!

THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

"this really can work".. to fill mailboxes.
Which is what this type of spam is intended to do....

[Z-man]

It's not going to work. Oil refineries and gas depots fill the Exxon/Mobil gas tankers with the same gas they sell to Shell, Hess, and the momma-poppa stores.

- Z.

[Neilk]

I agree 100% with boycotting Exxon/Mobil.

Disclaimer: Happy Chevron shareholder.