Rip Off Fuel Stations

[clivvy]

Hi All,

starting this thread for Lauriash, who sent me this email to copy into this thread, see what you think:


> Please see what you think and pass it on if you agree with it.
>
> We are hitting £129.9 a litre in some areas now and soon we will be
> faced with paying £1.50 per litre. So 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 - not sellers control the market
> place. 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) i.e. 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 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 all 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 8 days!!!
> 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 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

[R1cho]

i have been sent this email before, infact the last time i was sent it the prices went up lol

[clivvy]

yeah it does seem out of date, but i suppose you can take this email, and change the diesel prices to 132.9p lol///

[illy]

So if you buy from Tesco, Morrison's, or Asda because they are cheapest who supplies their fuel?

illy

[Peasgood]

A bit hypocritical to have such things on a 4x4 forum.
There are plenty of vehicles out there that will do 50mpg rather than the probable 25mpg average of a 4x4. (yes some do more, but some cars do more than 50mpg too)
It would make much more sense if everyone went out and bought one of those vehicles that do better mpg, effectively halving the price of fuel!

[harlowmaverick]

its not hypocritical at all!!!
the email is about the price of fuel and how we are all getting ripped off even if we have a car that does 100mpg, we are still paying through the nose for that litre of fuel!!!

it is not just the fuel companies, its also the goverment that the majority of people through time has voted in at various points in history.

the tax on fuel is astronomical!!!


i say, revolt!

REVOLUTION IS ON THE CARDS IN MY HOUSEHOLD!

[glenbo]

Originally Posted by Peasgood

A bit hypocritical to have such things on a 4x4 forum.
There are plenty of vehicles out there that will do 50mpg rather than the probable 25mpg average of a 4x4. (yes some do more, but some cars do more than 50mpg too)
It would make much more sense if everyone went out and bought one of those vehicles that do better mpg, effectively halving the price of fuel!

but those vechiles arnt big enough to tow anything

[briggie]

type in your postcode and the site below tells you the cheapest ( and most expensive ) fuel prices in your area .

http://www.petrolprices.com/

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by briggie

type in your postcode and the site below tells you the cheapest ( and most expensive ) fuel prices in your area .

http://www.petrolprices.com/

comes out above average just as I'd expect.....we pay motorway prices most of the time in this neck of the woods....funny how we are only a few miles from the bloody refinery relative to the rest of the UK!

[(RIP) PLANK]

Originally Posted by briggie

type in your postcode and the site below tells you the cheapest ( and most expensive ) fuel prices in your area .

http://www.petrolprices.com/

according to the home page, the most expensive UK price is £1.46.9 that = £6.68.4 per gallon at 25 mpg's thats 27p per mile

[briggie]

by creating a free account, you can get e mails telling you of the cheapest garages in your area on a weekly basis if you want , i find it very usefull

[makeitfit]

There's no way any boycott of BP or Esso or who ever will work. There's just too many people over the preverbial barrel who simply have to fill up to get work done to get paid to pay mortgage etc etc.
Any one day ban is just delays your next fill up
I think a more home brew method is required, like alternative fuels
I was talking to the guy I get my bio from and he said there's more and more oil burners going bio and it's getting really hard to find enough chip fat
Two friends locally are now sourcing used oil to start making bio commercially They plan to sell in smaller containers too making it easier for town folk to stor the stuff
Local LPG converter has just taken on another fitter too
I'm still amazed at few on here use veggy or bio I'm saving 53p a litre at the mo, it's a no brainer surely

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by makeitfit

There's no way any boycott of BP or Esso or who ever will work. There's just too many people over the preverbial barrel who simply have to fill up to get work done to get paid to pay mortgage etc etc.
Any one day ban is just delays your next fill up
I think a more home brew method is required, like alternative fuels
I was talking to the guy I get my bio from and he said there's more and more oil burners going bio and it's getting really hard to find enough chip fat
Two friends locally are now sourcing used oil to start making bio commercially They plan to sell in smaller containers too making it easier for town folk to stor the stuff
Local LPG converter has just taken on another fitter too
I'm still amazed at few on here use veggy or bio I'm saving 53p a litre at the mo, it's a no brainer surely

For me Pete, seriously, its just a fear of the witches homebrew these people use compared to a proper chemical process.....If your truck is still working in a few months time and your fuel seals havent dissolved I will be seriously encouraged....but like you say, with bus companies and so on jumping on the bandwagon the supply of WVO for the smaller processors is drying up fast, so I'd say enjoy it while you can....

[makeitfit]

I know what you mean
So far so good though, grabing large amounts of wood ooo er missus
Been on it for about 18 months I think. Done the filter early on and again crimbo time.
Fingers crossed

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by makeitfit

I know what you mean
So far so good though, grabing large amounts of wood ooo er missus
Been on it for about 18 months I think. Done the filter early on and again crimbo time.
Fingers crossed

I'm going down the rapeseed route as soon as I can escape from this tarts palace and sort things out LOL