Call To Action - Gas Prices

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Call To Action - Gas Prices





>     Subject: An Interesting example of power of Viral Marketing
>
>     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.  Philip 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 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
>$1.97 for regular unleaded in my town.(California) 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 sel! lers.
>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!!  .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 AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
>THIS CAN
>     REALLY WORK.  YOU KNOW THEY LOVE HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER TRAVELERS
>


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OK . You don't like this one ? You're economists. Come up with an economically sophisticated boycott for the PEOPLE.