Tee from China Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Was sent this but as I am in China and carless may be an idea for you guys:- The wholesale price of oil is as low as it has been for a while, the oil companies have simply jacked their prices up and the government will not do anything as they rake in extra VAT for every increase, to help make up for the financial disaster that we are in. See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it We are hitting 119.9 a litre in some areas now; soon we will be faced with paying 1.50 a litre. 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, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place 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 wimp out 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! If those three million get excited and Pass this on to ten friends each, and 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. That's all. (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!!! 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 90p a LITRE RANGE It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrison’s Jet etc. i.e. boycott BP and Esso. What do you think guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 It didn't work 5 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Mac Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 What do you think guys? I think you're about to incur the wrath of the Repost Nazis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Does it count if I already don't buy mu petrol from BP or Esso? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Tee, can't believe you didn't spot this is just an old spam email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Thats a brilliant suggestion.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 It didn't work 5 years ago Or 4 years...... or 3 years ago....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j80leo Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 We just need to stop the idiots dumping it into the sea and there would be plenty of it for everyone;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Petrol is sold wholesale from the refineries when it comes in to the UK, so boycotting one company to use another is futile, as the main companies just add their 'special' ingredients afterwards and up the prices to suit. I used to know someone that worked on the tankers picking the fuel up, and he said there's absolutely no difference between the fuels. It's all standard petrol, except the octane levels etc. I hope I'm right. I think I am. Sod you if I'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Not again already http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=213722 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 We are hitting 119.9 a litre in some areas now; soon we will be faced with paying 1.50 a litre. Philip Hollsworth offered this good Just goes to show how old it is, I paid 121.9 a litre for normal unleaded this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 It's never going to work. Stop being fulled by this rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Don't Esso supply Tesco, and BP supply Sainsburys? Won't make a blind bit of difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee from China Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 I think you're about to incur the wrath of the Repost Nazis... I'm used to it now:eyebrows: sometimes I cant be arsed to think of all the different titles that can be used so just post and take the abuse!! Tee, can't believe you didn't spot this is just an old spam email No I havent had it sent to be before to be honest:innocent: Not again already http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=213722 Sorry Just goes to show how old it is, I paid 121.9 a litre for normal unleaded this morning and here still 70p for 97 octane......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 and here still 70p for 97 octane......... Isn't China the country to blame for increasing oil prices around the world... yet they are so low there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Isn't China the country to blame for increasing oil prices around the world... yet they are so low there? They are a growing economy, things start off low to promote growth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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