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: Wanna lower Gas prices? Do not buy Gas from Esso or Petro Canada (SUNOCO)


TheKingdom2000
04-14-2011, 09:32 AM
I got this long winded email about how to lower gas prices. Here is the idea;

"Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.

But we CAN have an impact on gas 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 gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), SUNOCO(PETRO CANADA) and ESSO.

If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. "

This idea makes sense to me. What do you guys think?

Full email here;
THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.00 PER LITRE.

This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Haliburton. If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please.

Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

I hear we are going to hit close to $ 1.50 a litre by this summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?

We need to take some intelligent, united action.
The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas ..

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 on and join with us!

By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $.99 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.18 at SUNOCO and ESSO for regular unleaded in Hamilton and Ottawa and climbing every week.

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $.87 to .99, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not sellers.

With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.

The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.

But we CAN have an impact on gas 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 gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), SUNOCO(PETRO CANADA) and ESSO.

If they are not selling any gas, 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 SUNOCO(PETRO CANADA) and ESSO gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp 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, by the time the message reaches the sixth group 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!

(If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician But I am .. so trust me on this one.

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 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. I suggest that we not buy from SUNOCO(PETRO CANADA)/ESSO UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $.79 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

hotjoint
04-14-2011, 09:39 AM
I only buy Chevron so I'm already doing this

Expresso
04-14-2011, 09:39 AM
I like my Aeroplan points.

saveth
04-14-2011, 09:40 AM
I only buy Chevron so I'm already doing this

Same here.
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bakasam
04-14-2011, 09:41 AM
Gas will never go back down to $0.79

sonick
04-14-2011, 09:43 AM
I only buy Chevron so I'm already doing this

+1. Techron ftw, but ethanol ftl.

Alby
04-14-2011, 09:43 AM
I only buy Chevron so I'm already doing this

same. only a chevron consumer. but it doesn't hurt to try this anyways. i will send it to my contacts

hotjoint
04-14-2011, 09:47 AM
+1. Techron ftw, but ethanol ftl.

:werd:

bloodmack
04-14-2011, 09:51 AM
lololol, i spend thousands if not tens of thousands in diesel for my fleet on a weekly basis and it all goes to either Petrocan or Shell/Flying J. Can't help here guise :(. Also, i dont think the creator of this idea understands how many millions of customers they have that won't ever see this lol.

rageguy
04-14-2011, 09:51 AM
Shell 91 octane shouldn't contain an ethanol.

Grandmaster TSE
04-14-2011, 09:59 AM
I only buy Chevron so I'm already doing this

same here bro

subwoffers
04-14-2011, 10:08 AM
The people that start these retarded crusades that only work in their minds needs to find out how economics work, more specifically, Oligopolies.

You can't start a price war in this type of industry setup, this is NOT a perfect competition. You may as well threaten to hold your breath. /Facepalm

dachinesedude
04-14-2011, 10:25 AM
Phillip Hollsworth is no economist thats for sure

unit
04-14-2011, 10:27 AM
chevron is the closest gas station to me.. also i collect save on points which are completely useless

hotjoint
04-14-2011, 10:33 AM
chevron is the closest gas station to me.. also i collect save on points which are completely useless

haha. I was thinking of getting that save on more card to collect points when I get gas. Looks like it's pointless :lol

Presto
04-14-2011, 10:33 AM
Welcome to 2006 (http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp), OP.

Nightwalker
04-14-2011, 10:34 AM
Want to save money on gas? Use less gas.

:(

Culverin
04-14-2011, 10:37 AM
Want to save gas AND money? Get a good fuel injected scooter.

I use about $4-6 a week on gas. :hotbaby:

InvisibleSoul
04-14-2011, 10:43 AM
Phillip Hollsworth is an idiot.

1.) You'll never be able to convince everyone to boycott one particular company for no reason, solely for the fact of isolating one company.
2.) Even IF you can, as soon as more people go to the competitors, the competitors will raise their prices.
3.) Once the competitors raise their prices, the boycotted company will have a lower price comparitively, even if it's the same price as it has always been.
4.) People will flock right back to the boycotted company because they are cheaper.

Fail.

The_AK
04-14-2011, 11:17 AM
Phillip Hollsworth is an idiot.

1.) You'll never be able to convince everyone to boycott one particular company for no reason, solely for the fact of isolating one company.
2.) Even IF you can, as soon as more people go to the competitors, the competitors will raise their prices.
3.) Once the competitors raise their prices, the boycotted company will have a lower price comparitively, even if it's the same price as it has always been.
4.) People will flock right back to the boycotted company because they are cheaper.

Fail.


All this ^

jigga250
04-14-2011, 11:24 AM
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $.87 to .99,

Ummmm......$.87 to .99 WOULD BE very cheap for a gallon of gas


:failed:

6insomnia9
04-14-2011, 11:29 AM
Shell with airmiles :p

xyz123
04-14-2011, 11:43 AM
Shell for airmiles for the win!
Subwoffers pretty much explained why it wouldn't work in an economical point of view. Gas stations will never start a price war against each other. Basic level 100 micoeconomics.

optiblue
04-14-2011, 11:46 AM
Already doing this by buying Chevron 94 :)
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flagella
04-14-2011, 11:47 AM
chevron is the closest gas station to me.. also i collect save on points which are completely useless

i spent thousands on chevron gas and I think i'm qualified for some bags of potatoes with save on points LOL. Stingy fckers

lilaznviper
04-14-2011, 12:17 PM
^same i've spent a lot on gas at cheveron and still don't have enough points to get something good
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BaoTurbo
04-14-2011, 12:20 PM
Reply to email to go back to college and take econ 100. Then start thinking about these goofy ideas.
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Sid Vicious
04-14-2011, 12:29 PM
seems about as effective as say, witchcraft

4doorVIP
04-14-2011, 12:47 PM
I switched to driving a 1.5L 4 banger from a 2.8L V6... so far so good!

CP.AR
04-14-2011, 07:06 PM
point roberts to me lol

Razor Ramon HG
04-14-2011, 07:25 PM
So that leaves Chevron and Shell..

"If I filled my gas tank with half Shell with V-Power, and the other half with Chevron with Techron gas.. does that mean that my gas is VTEC?"

:troll:

HondaGuy
04-14-2011, 07:45 PM
Already using Chevron 94 since 1999 when I bought my car...

Quote:
"If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit."

Says who??
What makes you think if they dont get business they will lower it??
Gas will continue to go up and they know we need it, simple as that!

oldsnail
04-14-2011, 08:06 PM
shell is actually the biggest in canada.
chevron only exist in BC in canada.

!LittleDragon
04-14-2011, 08:26 PM
Guess the guy doesn't know that gas station's profit margin on gas is razor thin. Most of the cost comes from taxes. Want cheaper gas, petition the government.

Carl Johnson
04-14-2011, 08:28 PM
Guess the guy doesn't know that gas station's profit margin on gas is razor thin. Most of the cost comes from taxes. Want cheaper gas, petition the government.

Exactly, half of what we pay on every liter of gas actually goes to the government in the form of tax.

06TLer
04-14-2011, 09:38 PM
Shell 91 octane shouldn't contain an ethanol.

Not true anymore. Most if not all Shell 91 has removed the 0% ethanol sticker and not sure if this matters, but you can also see that they're coming from the same place whereas Chevron 94 has an individual pump located away from their 87/89/91.

Only true non-ethanol gas right now is Chevron 94, I believe.
(Heard rumors that Petro 94 = no ethanol, not sure about that though)

murd0c
04-14-2011, 09:41 PM
Costco gas bars FTW, and its Chevron gas as well ;)

Raid3n
04-14-2011, 09:48 PM
Not true anymore. Most if not all Shell 91 has removed the 0% ethanol sticker and not sure if this matters, but you can also see that they're coming from the same place whereas Chevron 94 has an individual pump located away from their 87/89/91.

Only true non-ethanol gas right now is Chevron 94, I believe.
(Heard rumors that Petro 94 = no ethanol, not sure about that though)

petro 94 is bought from chevron refineries iirc

Costco gas bars FTW, and its Chevron gas as well ;)

really? i didn't know that =o do they have 94 as well?

Raid3n
04-14-2011, 09:49 PM
double post

toyota86
04-14-2011, 11:40 PM
pt roberts or stateside. i save roughly $25 each 90L tank for my premium only heavy drinker v8 getting gas across the boarder. minus $5 for gas to go there and back im still ahead $20. average savings $0.30 per liter. on a good day, $0.45+ per liter. it has become a sunday ritual. its a pretty nice cruise when the weather is good.

Tegra_Devil
04-15-2011, 08:08 AM
y cant chevron give airmiles..FUCK!

this world would be such a better place!

FerrariEnzo
04-15-2011, 08:24 AM
i use only Shell and Chevron.. the 2 closest to my place.. they are across from each other... if one is busy, i go the other one.. win win :)

unit
04-15-2011, 08:45 AM
i spent thousands on chevron gas and I think i'm qualified for some bags of potatoes with save on points LOL. Stingy fckers

i hate it when you go to save-on and at the checkout they say, "do you want to you all your points you've accumulated for 5 years to get your lemon for free?"

murd0c
04-15-2011, 09:12 AM
petro 94 is bought from chevron refineries iirc



really? i didn't know that =o do they have 94 as well?

No Costco only has 89 & 91. They just buy it from the Chevron and don't have acces to the higher grades. As well the Techron is not added of course.