18 January 2011
22:1289475#1
It's just got to be worth a try.)
The price of oil is as low as it has been for a while, 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 130.0 a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying 150.0 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) 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... ...
18 January 2011
22:2489476#2
Nice try - but these people support each other, businesses and deals and organisations do not operate in isolation.
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18 January 2011
22:5689477#3
I always use Morrisons (very occasionally Asda or Tesco) - who supplies them ??
Been nice knowing you :)
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19 January 2011
08:2789492#4
I think supermarkets buy their petrol from Rotterdam and it's not ESSO or BP petrol and is cheaper - ASDA are consistently cheaper than any one else - supermaret or main oil company; if they can offer their petrol at least 5pence a litre cheaper than other supermarkets and petrol stations, why can't others.
That email was sent round a few years ago, not sure where or when it started, but I don't think enough people would act on it anyway.
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19 January 2011
08:5489508#5
I'm no energy expert but jersey has no refineries and has to import its oil used for cars and heating (there are very few mains gas areas) but it currently is 99.9p per litre..if they can sell it for that price and make a profit then surely there is some room for a price reduction on the mainland.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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19 January 2011
09:0789511#6
They will have lower taxes Marek.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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19 January 2011
09:0989512#7
What Alan says is not true.
See for yourself, this link takes you to a chart showing the price of Brent Crude.
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/oil-price
The price of crude went down as the recession bit but now the recovery has started the price has been increasing significantly. The spike in 2008 was because of demand in the developing economies and it was long term unsustainable. We are getting back to histprically high prices now.
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19 January 2011
12:3189551#8
Exactly Barry so maybe the Coalition should re-examine their fuel tax policy
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
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19 January 2011
12:3289552#9
I do not disagree Marek.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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19 January 2011
12:3789555#10
fuel tax is a cash cow for all colours of government, i doubt if anything will change in the forseeable future.