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Subject: : PETROL PRICES - HELP TO KEEP PRICES LOW! PETROL PRICES - HELP TO KEEP PRICES LOW! We are going to hit close to 100p a litre by the the end of the summer. Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. 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 at �1, 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 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 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 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! 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 (and not buy at ESSO/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 70p a LITRE RANGE Action: It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons (80p), Jet etc. i.e. Boycott BP and Esso. The more that do it, the quicker it woll happen!

Keep Petrol Prices down....buy a horse!!!! Jacquie xxxxx

Why not Just Shoot the Chancelor.He,s the biggest culprit by adding more and more Tax.to the price. Hal.

Good idea ! I'll buy my petrol elsewhere in future ! Thanks for putting this thread up ...... as, even if it was on last week, I DIDN'T SEE IT, so it helps those of us who don't come on General board everyday. Elaine :-) Have sent e.mails off !

Dream on.......... people need to eat people shop at supermarkets for food supermarkets need supply from distribution centres lorries need fuel people need to work as jobs get more competitive these days people travel and commute further taxi,bus,car all need petrol of some kind

I save on petrol by walking. Its good for the environment and keeps me marginally fitter than I would be if I drove everywhere! nell

Would love to know where your Morrisons is Isobel ?? 80p a litre !!!! Our Morrisons in bloody 91p a litre >:~E XX Sioux

Hi Sioux Our morrison's is in Penzance! and yes it is 80p.. Thanks Isy.. Anything is worth a try! Maz x

The Esso sign means Happy Motoring (Advert I remember) Obviously not anymore. We tried that here but people are gullable and never stuck to it. We have Woolworths supermarket that give you a docket with 4c off every Litre if you spend $30 in their shop but sometimes it's not worth going as their petrol is dearer than the others. Hate these gimmicks. Petrol here in Perth at the moment is around the $1.18 per Litre which is about 49P your money (I checked the converter) How much is Petrol in England please???????? Jackie

Wow so sorry just realized you have put prices up I can't believe your prices they are practically double ours. I thought The Australian Goverment was ripping us off with taxes but crikey yours is worse. Jackie

My son has had this email forwarded to him. Don't people realise that places like Tesco and Sainsbury's etc. have to buy their petrol from somewhere - the most likely place being BP and Esso. Buying from the supermarkets will not hurt these companies one little bit. They'll still be selling just as much petrol. Only way to hurt them is for everyone to get on their bikes - and realistically that is NOT going to happen. Kath. x

I have just come back from the south were petrol was 88p,here in the north-east i am paying 93p and it was the same petrol company. Had a look on google the other day and did you know that 77per cent of what we pay are TAXES and we pay the most for our petrol in the E.U. R.B.

i for one still think its a good idea,if we stick to it it will work,lets stop giving up before we start,lets do it and see what happens,