Hi all, i received this email this morning and i thought you might like to have a read. Subject: Fw: Petrol Prices - worth a read PLEZ READ TO THE END Apparently we are going to hit close to $1.35 a litre by the winter. Want petrol 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 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. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at .89 / .95 cents, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace 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 : BP and MOBIL). 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 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! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (and not buy at 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!!! 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 80 cents a LITRE RANGE. It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Caltex, GAS. or Gull Outlets and drive by BP and MOBIL Stations. Barry Minster State President Ex Service, Service & Veterans Party www.esvp.asn.au (http://www.esvp.asn.au) <http://www.esvp.asn.au/> 13 Ermington Place Kew 3101 Telephone: 03 9816 9713

good idea, done. I usually get Shell Optimax anyway tho.

hmmm. interesting.

Cool. Released by a new political party that doesn't seem to have much substance before February 2004....... I wonder if this could be a minority party of sub-1000 members trying to cash in on a fairly touchy point and gain political mileage off it?? Nahhhhhhhhhh, couldn't be. I'm sure BP and Mobil would love to have a chat with these guys.

This exact message was put out a couple of years ago. What a waste of time Think about who'd have the most to gain by it......the other oil company brands of course! Just another bogus internet email message to be ignored

Even if people did try this, it would not work because a lot of companies have fuel accounts with BP. Now who in their right mind is going to go to Shell etc if they have a fuel card that gets them free petrol?? Companies don't care if its a few more cents a litre caus its all tax deductable. Perfect example is driving home tonight, BP, $107.9 and its full, the no name brand across the road, 97.9, empty.........

The no name brands are too well known for bad fuel, ppl wont buy it even if it .50c a litre! Its not even good for your mower!

Didn't we just help invade a country full of oil? Iraq? What the Fu*k is goin on? We have to pay more for the privilege of helpin the USA in there dirty work. *throw hands in the air* FU*K EM ALL

I'll buy wherever i can find the cheapest fuel, I've gotta start using those save 4cents per litre things, i'm so stingy :P