Price Of Fuel Protest

[Napalm]

Got this email today. What do you think? I recon its worth pushing. Comments?

This is only possible if you remember that Woolworths service stations are Caltex Petrol outlets. I'll try anything as my fuel bill is over $150 per week.

SO.............read and pass this on.

This makes sense... Join the resistance!!!! Do you want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.

Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea. It makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy fuel 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 fuel. It was more of an inconvenience

to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, may just have come up with a plan that can really work.

Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably thinking fuel priced at about $1.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently around $1.40 per litre for regular unleaded.

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre of fuel is CHEAP at $1.00, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace – not sellers. With the price of fuel going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of this fuel come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their fuel! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How?

Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying fuel. But we CAN have an impact on petrol 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 fuel or any products period, from the biggest company in Australia, CALTEX. If they are not selling any fuel, 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 CALTEX fuel buyers.

It's really simple to do! Now, don't bail 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 30 people. If each of us 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, and by the time the message reaches the

sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. A reasonable chunk of Australia!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people - that's all! (If you don't understand how we can reach 3 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people....

How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all three MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next few 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. I suggest that we not buy from CALTEX** until they lower their fuel prices to $1-00 or below ** AND KEEP THEM THERE ** START THE BOYCOTT TODAY!!!!!!!!

[Paradoxx]

Not that many of us would buy from caltex anyway :jerkit:

Sounds like a load of

Edited 18/07/06 09:46 AM by XXXR6T

[Fat-Tony]

I only buy caltex when its price is low and every1 else is high, other wise I tend to stick to brother petrol or mobil, and caltex usually remains cheaper longer than any1 else.

Edited 18/07/06 09:52 AM by Fattony

[SHOCK]

Been doing this for 6 months..this idea is old news. BP have the best fuel and a work fuel card helps.....

[jetute]

none of this siht will ever work... ever tried to get 30 kids to buy the exact same ice cream when they had 5 to choose from????? now try and get 5 million+ adults to buy fuel from the same brand of servo on a certain day good luck.

who comes up with this siht

[FANTASY]

What a heap of crap..

CALTEX is the only fuel I will put in my ride in Canberra, so strike me off your mailing list...I dont want it.

[SHOCK]

none of this siht will ever work... ever tried to get 30 kids to buy the exact same ice cream when they had 5 to choose from????? now try and get 5 million+ adults to buy fuel from the same brand of servo on a certain day   good luck.

who comes up with this siht

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Ahhh. dont think that was the idea jet...think it was to Jeffy Boycott Caltex wasnt it???

[jetute]

none of this siht will ever work... ever tried to get 30 kids to buy the exact same ice cream when they had 5 to choose from????? now try and get 5 million+ adults to buy fuel from the same brand of servo on a certain day   good luck.

who comes up with this siht

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Ahhh. dont think that was the idea jet...think it was to Jeffy Boycott Caltex wasnt it???

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looks like it

didnt even read it, theres another one floating around that says buy from only a certain place on a certain day.... anyway this one is a load of siht as well

anyone that's wanrts to partake go ahead... I wont be in it by choice.... however I do only buy BP

[Buf-Phoon]

Not that many of us would buy from caltex anyway :jerkit:

Sounds like a load of

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Caltex Vortex 98 , best rated 98 ron fuel and I get my fleet discount.

So speak for yerself

[Fat-Tony]

Not that many of us would buy from caltex anyway :jerkit:

Sounds like a load of

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Caltex Vortex 98 , best rated 98 ron fuel and I get my fleet discount.

So speak for yerself

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ok im going to have to give that stuff a try. In protest of this protest