[Boatanchors] Fwd: Fw: gas prices $ 3 a gallon

[John Page]

>From: "k9dsj1" <k9dsj1@cox-internet.com>
>To: "Tony Culyat" <ka9wzw@juno.com>, "Tim Baughman" <trkdjj@yahoo.com>, 
>"Robert Crissman" <rzbkone@flippinweb.com>, "Kay Konetski" 
><wr5k@cox-internet.com>, "John Williamson" <w0nov@hotmail.com>, "John Page" 
><k4kwm@hotmail.com>, "Joe Jones" <joewjones@centurytel.net>, "Jeff Ramos" 
><jsramos@centurytel.net>, "Eric Smith" <elslys@southshore.com>, "Eric B. 
>Smith" <ebsjlf@southshore.com>, "Bud Hall" <n5lh@mtnhome.com>, "Bob Radkey" 
><k9rpx1@cox-internet.com>
>Subject: Fw:  gas prices $ 3 a gallon
>Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 18:04:22 -0600
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mary Ing" <amaryl@centurytel.net>
>To: <amaryl@centurytel.net>
>Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 2:49 PM
>Subject: gas prices $ 3 a gallon
>
>
> >      Please read this, IT WILL WORK FOR US ALL; Join the resistance!!!!
> >      I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer
> > Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,
> > united action.  Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea:  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 itand join with us!
> >
> >     By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is
> > super cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 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
> > 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 sendit 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.  (If you don't
>understand
> > how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10
> > people.... well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I
> > am... so trust me on this one.)
> >
> >    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 $1.30 RANGE AND
> > KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
> >
> >
>




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