January 30, 200817 yr Just got this email at work, I know it is SPAM, but you never know, I will try it! > > See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it > > > > We are hitting 106.9 p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be > > faced with paying £1.10 a ltr. 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 > > > > a ggressive 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 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! 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. 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 8days!!! 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 69p a LITRE > > > > RANGE > > > > It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your > > > > petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. i.e. > > > > boycott BP and Esso
Just got this email at work, I know it is SPAM, but you never know, I will try it!
> > See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it
> >
> > We are hitting 106.9 p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be
> > faced with paying £1.10 a ltr. 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
> >
> > a ggressive 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 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! 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. 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 8days!!! 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 69p a LITRE
> >
> > RANGE
> >
> > It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your
> >
> > petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons Jet etc. i.e.
> >
> > boycott BP and Esso