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BENSAX3
8th November 2007, 20:53
We are hitting 95p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced
with paying £1 a ltr. 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 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 MILLIONPEOPLE!!!
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 69p 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. I.e.
boycott BP and Esso

SORRY FOR THE LONG READ

Clouds_mate
8th November 2007, 20:55
Email has been about for about 2 years.

Nearly hitting 95p? i wish. Its 105p a litre of diesel and petrol just over a £1 now

Robbo
8th November 2007, 20:56
petrol at tesco round my way 100.9p

:(

Robbo
8th November 2007, 20:58
oh and just to add a point.

notice how its something like since the smoking ban 25% of smokers have quit.......

where they get that 25% extra tax from?
road users?

.... just a thought :)

Anushka101
8th November 2007, 20:58
Email has been about for about 2 years.

Nearly hitting 95p? i wish. Its 105p a litre of diesel and petrol just over a £1 now

same down in cambridge as well!

marc_safc
8th November 2007, 20:59
petrol price at the esso petrol station near me is 102. 9 :n: :n: :n: :n: couldnt believe it when i seen it and thers 2 others down the road about 2 mins away and they are 95.9

Baz
8th November 2007, 20:59
petrol here is 95p from ASDA and 98p from BP

sim69er
8th November 2007, 20:59
what i dont get is tesco in pontypool 98.9 tesco in ebbwvale about 15miles away 101.9

maynard
8th November 2007, 21:00
oh and just to add a point.

notice how its something like since the smoking ban 25% of smokers have quit.......

where they get that 25% extra tax from?
road users?

.... just a thought :)


bloody government, i never thought of that!

xsmile_be_happyx
8th November 2007, 21:01
i get petrol for 95.9 here at the moment, was 91.9 the other week :sad;

Wayne
8th November 2007, 21:01
it's 101.9 for diesel and 99.9 for petrol in brecon in morrisons anywhere else is diesel 107.9 petrol 102.9 where i live.

SaxoJamie
8th November 2007, 21:01
It's 99p a litre in Brighton:n:

jeeves_101
8th November 2007, 21:01
repost how many times, in one form or another?

can't you tell it's old from the fact it says 95p.

Saxo-Will
8th November 2007, 21:04
went up to 101.9 for petrol on monday :(

xxxvickxxx
8th November 2007, 21:05
97.9 near me at the mo

frankie
8th November 2007, 21:06
102.9 sucks to be SW

Robbo
8th November 2007, 21:07
place bets on when the fuel tankers have a fuel strike..... im going to say 2 weeks time

Alex
8th November 2007, 21:08
Texaco is £104.9 for U/L and £107.9 for Derv.

jeeves_101
8th November 2007, 21:10
tesco near me is 100.9

Raz
8th November 2007, 21:28
101.9 petrol 102.9 diesel thats at the local bp

ASDA - petrol 96.9 diesel 98.6

MikeCracknell
8th November 2007, 21:34
Just got this off petrolprices.com:

UK Petrol Prices for
Wednesday 7th Nov 2007
Avg. Min. Max.
Unld: 100.3p 94.9p 109.9p
Diesel: 103.7p 97.9p 112.9p
LRP: 103.1p 98.9p 106.9p
Super: 106.9p 98.9p 115.9p
LPG: 49.7p 42.9p 56.9p

The most expensive will be on the Western Isles, but I don't know where the cheapest ones represent?

Mike

Danhunt
8th November 2007, 21:38
Just got this off petrolprices.com:

UK Petrol Prices for
Wednesday 7th Nov 2007
Avg. Min. Max.
Unld: 100.3p 94.9p 109.9p
Diesel: 103.7p 97.9p 112.9p
LRP: 103.1p 98.9p 106.9p
Super: 106.9p 98.9p 115.9p
LPG: 49.7p 42.9p 56.9p

The most expensive will be on the Western Isles, but I don't know where the cheapest ones represent?

Mike

wouldnt mind paying 94.9p a litre

avg about 1.02 here, about 1.07 for derv

Lee_P
8th November 2007, 22:02
I would just like to point out in a big head kinda way reeeepoossst i posted in last month

lol

i reckon it could work

Barry123
8th November 2007, 22:07
oh and just to add a point.

notice how its something like since the smoking ban 25% of smokers have quit.......

where they get that 25% extra tax from?
road users?

.... just a thought :)

less NHS burden though?

less days off sick with smoking related problems?

less premature deaths so people can work for longer???

minxymears
9th November 2007, 00:28
was gonna say! i wish petrol was only 95p a litre! I have Super Unleaded 99 Ron at £1.02 from tesco

Saint
9th November 2007, 08:43
email hoax type thing. its just to spam email servers just like the "PASS THIS EMAIL ON OR MICROSOFT WILL SHUTDOWN HOTMAIL" email. and yes all in caps sometimes lol

id say more than 2 years old. double it hehe

Scattle
9th November 2007, 08:48
The Sainsbury's near me was 94.9 not long ago now it is 95.9 and 96.9 ish.

Japman
9th November 2007, 08:52
96.9 in morrisons by me hahahha!!

Mystic
9th November 2007, 09:01
Ouch, 94.9p at Shell Maybury, and i was pissed off at that lol cus last time i filled up it was around the 91p mark :sad:

blusax
9th November 2007, 10:27
ive had that email about 10 times, gets right on my chuff

craig180
9th November 2007, 10:31
Ouch, 94.9p at Shell Maybury, and i was pissed off at that lol cus last time i filled up it was around the 91p mark :sad:

Cheap! I usually use Esso's 97 RON but when I last went to fill up and it was 108p per litre(!!!!!!!!!!) I decided that 95 RON would suffice! Still 99.9p though.

I can see my bike getting a lot more use in the coming months

Rosstafarian
9th November 2007, 10:32
i have the cheapest petrol arround by me.
hit about 95p last peak, but where every other petrol station is doing £1+
this garage was yesterday 94p, today 98p :wall: why couldnt payday be yesterday!!

Nick_T
9th November 2007, 10:48
107.9p for VPower!!

Chris
9th November 2007, 10:51
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5994&stc=1&d=1194605455

Sorry... couldn't resist using my new pic!!

Chris :)