Petrol Boycott

godfrey · 10-07-2006, 15:36

PETROL REVOLT

We are hitting £1.00 a litre in some areas.

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 are now 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!!

So spread the word to as many people as possible. That 's all.(and not buy at
ESSO/BP) If each of us sends this email within one day of receipt, 300 MILLION
people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8days!!!

That's s how much potential we have! 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.

Let's Boycott BP and Esso.

KIPAX · 10-07-2006, 15:41

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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) ...

Isn't that illegal ?

Tealeaf · 10-07-2006, 15:44

Crackpot economics, Godfrey....sorry pal...it just won't work.

Oh...and BP are still a very seperate company to Exxon.

WillowTheWhisp · 10-07-2006, 16:53

I don't think it's illegal. It's not like asking people to pay £10 to the first name on a list, remove it and then add theirs to the bottom before sending out ten copies, which is illegal.

mantrabooks · 10-07-2006, 17:07

I prefer pessimism....

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KIPAX · 10-07-2006, 17:40

Its a chain letter so probably illegal.. it may not be asking for money.. but worse its asking you to harm a company.. I would suspect it is either illegal or at best would get him kicked off his ISP when the complaints start going in.. But as far as I know all chain pyramid type letters are illegal in any form. its a bandwidth monster..... he should at least look into it properly before doing it...

Missguided....

elite_dimension · 10-07-2006, 17:58

think it's a ****in stupid idea, and that's all im goin to say on the matter

entwisi · 10-07-2006, 18:29

I'm with Kipax on this, firstly its a bandwidth slurping 'virus', secondly its probably illegal. thirdly and this is teh killer, teh price of fuel from the companies themselves is low, its our wonderful goverment that puts the price into the stratosphere. So stop hitting the companies and start hitting the goverment, see how far that will get you.

Madhatter · 10-07-2006, 18:58

how can it be illegal? chain mail is not good netiquette but isn't illegal, spam isn't illegal, advertising isn't illegal.
As for the scheme itself, It's not illegal either, it's not slander, all your asking people to do is not use the services of esso and bp. I don't see what good it will do, there's been a boycott on nestles for at least the last ten years, something to do with them encouraging mothers in third world to not breast feed by giving free samples of powdered milk, to get them dependant on the stuff. I can't see nestles struggling or taking any notice.
I don't buy from them often anyway, so it won't put me out to not use them at all.

KIPAX · 10-07-2006, 19:10

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Originally Posted by Madhatter

how can it be illegal? chain mail is not good netiquette but isn't illegal, spam isn't illegal, advertising isn't illegal.

eeerm spam was made illegal about two years ago in this country.. if you where paying for your time online per minute as we used to.. you could be done under the theft of service act for sending spam.. that was then.. now its illegal if you send to non buisness..ie me and you

why are you saying spam isnt illegal when it is?

chainmail is illegal.. pyramid schemes are.. by any method.. was illigal by post and got email added

why are you telling people these things are not illegal when they are?

andrewb · 10-07-2006, 19:24

I suspect this isn't illegal unless you go about illegal activities to get the message accross...

K.S.H · 10-07-2006, 19:24

Anyone with any motoring sense won't buy Esso anyway, their petrols crap.
Fill up with Esso and run that tank out then fill up at a Shell garage and you'll notice the difference in power, do an mpg check as well, you won't ever buy Esso again

Madhatter · 10-07-2006, 19:25

As far as I know spam is not illegal, show me where it says it's illegal and I'll be proved wrong.
Chainmail is not illegal, I couldn't care less about whether pyramid schemes are, because this isn't one, it's just a chain mail, just like ones whch are forwarded with stupid cartoons and jokes, they're not illegal, they're just a nuisance. So again show me and I'll admit I'm wrong.
I just delete them, I don't even look at them, so I don't see what the problem is. In fact most go straight into the junk mail box and get deleted by msn.

chav1 · 10-07-2006, 19:27

i pay 92.4p for petrol so if some fool is paying a £1.00 then more fool them for not looking around

as one station increases prices another drops theirs , its all competition and the lowest priced gets my custom

Madhatter · 10-07-2006, 19:28

Thats more illegal what you've just put K.S.H. they could take that as slander as you've got no scientific evidence to back it up. Not that I care or disagree, I'm just making the point.
I don't see how it can be illegal to send spam, as it's not illegal to send it in the post.

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Originally Posted by chav1

i pay 92.4p for petrol so if some fool is paying a £1.00 then more fool them for not looking around

as one station increases prices another drops theirs , its all competition and the lowest priced gets my custom

That's a sensible answer. I don't know anywhere here thats a quid a litre, only the tamworth services.