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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by vk3pa[/i] [br]Join the resistance!!!! > >> > >> Do you want petrol prices to come down? We need to take some > >> intelligent, united action. > >> > >> Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This makes MUCH MORE SENSE > >> than the 'don't buy fuel 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 fuel. It was more of > >> an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever > >> thought of this idea, may just have come up with a plan that can >really > >> work. > >> Please read on and join with us! > >> > >> By now you're probably thinking fuel priced at about $1.00 is super > >> cheap. Me too! It is currently around $1.30 per litre for regular > >> unleaded. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have > >> conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre of fuel is CHEAP at > >> $1.00, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS > >> control the marketplace - not sellers. With the price of fuel going > >> up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we > >> are going to see the price of this fuel come down is if we hit > >> someone in the pocket by not purchasing their fuel! And, we can do > >> that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. > >> > >> How? > >> Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying fuel. But we > >> CAN have an impact on petrol 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 fuel or any products > >> period, from the biggest company in Australia, CALTEX. If they are > >> not selling any fuel, 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 > >> CALTEX fuel buyers. It's really simple to do! > >> > >> Now, don't bail 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, and by the time the > >> message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over > >> THREE MILLION consumers .... A reasonable chunk of Australia!!! > >> > >> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people - that's all! (If > >> you don't understand how we can reach 3 million and all you have to > >> do is send this to 10 people.... > >> > >> 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 three MILLION people > >> could conceivably be contacted within the next few 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 CALTEX ** until they lower their fuel prices to > >> $1-00 or below ** AND KEEP THEM THERE ** START THE BOYCOTT >TODAY!!!!!!!! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Kind Regards > >> > >> Barry Tyler > >> Editor - Australian Propeller Magazine > >> Australian Editor - Pacific Motor Yacht Magazine > >> D&B Publishing > >> > >> Runaway Lagoons > >> 41 Cartagena Lane > >> Runaway Bay, Qld 4216 > >> > >> Ph/Fax/Answerphone (07) 5529 0402 > >> Mobile 0411 133 704 > >> Email: propellermag@westnet.com.au > >> mailto:propellermag@westnet.com.au >__________ [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.