Petrol Prices - Could this work ?

[tattooboy]

Had this e-mail sent to me this morning, interesting read and sounds better than the usual avoid buying petrol for a day thing.

Any way, for your perusal below

Be interesting to think it could work !!



> The price of oil is as low as it has been for a while,
> But the oil companies have simply jacked their prices up and the
> government will not do anything as they rake in extra VAT for every
> increase.
>
> See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it
>
> We are hitting 119.9 a litre in some areas now, soon we
> will be faced with paying 1.50 a litre. 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.
>
> 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 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 wimp out 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 8days!!! 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 90p 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.
>
> BOYCOTT ESSO and BP.

[Stu R]

Wow, that 15 year old email has finally been updated. Still, it remains as pointless as it was originally.

[SimonV8ster]

Didn't somebody say that Esso sold its Petrol to Tescos ? I bet a lot of the other supermarkets buy their petrol from the major suppliers ?

I've seen this email go round before unfortunatley - still haven't seen the prices drop !

[007 VXR]

makes sence to me

[V88Dicky]

I know immigration is out of control but I still don't think there are 300 million people over here.

[S1MMA]

It's a load of balls, been around for a long time....

[Well_Fans]

want cheaper petrol - start a new political party, one that listens to the people and applies a common sense approach to life in general. Price of a litre of fuel is cheap, its the bloody tax on it thats the killer - 75-80p a litre. Unfortunately with the decline in smoking we're the new target for major tax revenue gathering for all the current political parties because they can use the "green" argument to justify it to the mindless masses, the ones that believe the Mayans are right and we're all going to die in 2012 - wish they could tell me who we're saving the planet for exactly if its all coming to an end in 2 years!!!!

[S800VXR]

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

[V8NHH]

S800VXR said:

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

D is a bit harsh don't you think, what you do with the under 21's who can really afford kids, we have all been that children below 21 where parents have had to struggle/sacrifice etc

As for rest its a good idea,
If it were france all the transport sector would get together and blockade that would work

[V2RAC]

S800VXR said:

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

f No fags or booze allowed if receiving benefits. Why should we buy it for them!

[mrmr96]

V2RAC said:

S800VXR said:

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

f No fags or booze allowed if receiving benefits. Why should we buy it for them!

The mega tax on booze and fags means that we (the public purse) gets pretty much all that money back, and as a bonus the pension pot will go further as these numbskulls won't last as long.

[mv6]

Do you think all Monaro/VXR8 owners are alike? We seem to share many, many common views! What would we call our party? Who would be our leader? Would the Cabinet all be driven around in stretched VXR8s?

[V2RAC]

mrmr96 said:

V2RAC said:

S800VXR said:

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

f No fags or booze allowed if receiving benefits. Why should we buy it for them!

The mega tax on booze and fags means that we (the public purse) gets pretty much all that money back, and as a bonus the pension pot will go further as these numbskulls won't last as long.

Still F*****G annoying though, but it would mean that the benefits would have to be spent on what it is intended for.

[Lefty Two Drams]

S1MMA said:

It's a load of balls, been around for a long time....

+1


FFS, there are some stupid people around.

[mrmr96]

V2RAC said:

mrmr96 said:

V2RAC said:

S800VXR said:

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

f No fags or booze allowed if receiving benefits. Why should we buy it for them!

The mega tax on booze and fags means that we (the public purse) gets pretty much all that money back, and as a bonus the pension pot will go further as these numbskulls won't last as long.

Still F*****G annoying though, but it would mean that the benefits would have to be spent on what it is intended for.

Agreed. Maybe they should be paid in food stamps or something, and only redeemable with proper ID (to prevent them being sold for cash on the black market). I expect this would be seen as too interfering, though. But you can't have it both ways really.

[V2RAC]

mrmr96 said:

V2RAC said:

mrmr96 said:

V2RAC said:

S800VXR said:

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

f No fags or booze allowed if receiving benefits. Why should we buy it for them!

The mega tax on booze and fags means that we (the public purse) gets pretty much all that money back, and as a bonus the pension pot will go further as these numbskulls won't last as long.

Still F*****G annoying though, but it would mean that the benefits would have to be spent on what it is intended for.

Agreed. Maybe they should be paid in food stamps or something, and only redeemable with proper ID (to prevent them being sold for cash on the black market). I expect this would be seen as too interfering, though. But you can't have it both ways really.

I'm also not overkeen on paying for housing for single mothers!!

[MyM8V8]

V2RAC said:

mrmr96 said:

V2RAC said:

mrmr96 said:

V2RAC said:

S800VXR said:

If we do the following then the cost of fuel will go down as the government wont need to recover so much tax from it....

a. No free housing for anyone born outside of the UK.
b. No benefits for new entrants to the country.
c. Charge people tax on each child they have.
d. Make it illegal to have children below the age of 21 and if you can not fully support them.
e. Bankers bonus also tied into fines for any losses they make.

To name a few.

f No fags or booze allowed if receiving benefits. Why should we buy it for them!

The mega tax on booze and fags means that we (the public purse) gets pretty much all that money back, and as a bonus the pension pot will go further as these numbskulls won't last as long.

Still F*****G annoying though, but it would mean that the benefits would have to be spent on what it is intended for.

Agreed. Maybe they should be paid in food stamps or something, and only redeemable with proper ID (to prevent them being sold for cash on the black market). I expect this would be seen as too interfering, though. But you can't have it both ways really.

I'm also not overkeen on paying for housing for single mothers!!

Gordon likes young single mothers and their illegitimate sprogs. Labour voters of the future and of no use to any one, other than Gordon and the lad who donated his sperm.

Edited by MyM8V8 on Monday 22 March 18:58

[0191mark]

Stu R said:

Wow, that 15 year old email has finally been updated. Still, it remains as pointless as it was originally.

And your solution is?

[Stu R]

0191mark said:

Stu R said:

Wow, that 15 year old email has finally been updated. Still, it remains as pointless as it was originally.

And your solution is?

I'm flattered you assume I have one, sadly you are mistaken. I was merely highlighting that a) this is a very old viral chain mail, the origins of which can be found using google, and b) it wouldn't make a lick of difference anyway, nor has it. FWIW the email was started by the greenies in the 90s.

The thing I don't like about this kind of e-mail, is that if it did take off (thankfully it never will), it'd do more to damage small business owners than anything else, who don't make a great deal of profit on the fuel to begin with (couple of pence per litre). A huge amount of these garages are franchised and privately owned, so ironically you'd be damaging your local economy and the oil company wouldn't notice, nor give a monkey's ringpiece about it - regardless of how many took part.

I wouldn't mind at all if it was a chain mail saying 'write a letter to your MP saying you're f*cked off with fuel costs'. Ask yourself why wouldn't this be the recommended course of action if the author of the e-mail had your best interests at heart... Oil companies make far less than the government do on every litre of petrol sold. But of course, it's levelled at 2 companies (it used to be esso and shell, then esso and bp, etc) who just happen to belong to the biggest oil companies in the world... funny that.

As for my solution... emmigrate. It's the only way you'll get significantly cheaper fuel in the near future.

Sorry, this post sounds really pessimistic and whingetastic, wasn't intended but it's how it is I'm afraid. I only popped on this little part of the forum to drool at VXRs

[007 VXR]

Stu R said:

0191mark said:

Stu R said:

Wow, that 15 year old email has finally been updated. Still, it remains as pointless as it was originally.

And your solution is?

I'm flattered you assume I have one, sadly you are mistaken. I was merely highlighting that a) this is a very old viral chain mail, the origins of which can be found using google, and b) it wouldn't make a lick of difference anyway, nor has it. FWIW the email was started by the greenies in the 90s.

The thing I don't like about this kind of e-mail, is that if it did take off (thankfully it never will), it'd do more to damage small business owners than anything else, who don't make a great deal of profit on the fuel to begin with (couple of pence per litre). A huge amount of these garages are franchised and privately owned, so ironically you'd be damaging your local economy and the oil company wouldn't notice, nor give a monkey's ringpiece about it - regardless of how many took part.

I wouldn't mind at all if it was a chain mail saying 'write a letter to your MP saying you're f*cked off with fuel costs'. Ask yourself why wouldn't this be the recommended course of action if the author of the e-mail had your best interests at heart... Oil companies make far less than the government do on every litre of petrol sold. But of course, it's levelled at 2 companies (it used to be esso and shell, then esso and bp, etc) who just happen to belong to the biggest oil companies in the world... funny that.

As for my solution... emmigrate. It's the only way you'll get significantly cheaper fuel in the near future.

Sorry, this post sounds really pessimistic and whingetastic, wasn't intended but it's how it is I'm afraid. I only popped on this little part of the forum to drool at VXRs

like the last bit