Petrol prices to reach $2 a litre !!

[katwoman]

THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' PETROL FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT

WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET PETROL BACK DOWN

TO $1.00 PER Litre....

This was originally sent by Phillip Hollsworth, a retired Coca

Cola executive. If you are tired of the gas prices going up

AND they will continue to rise this winter, take time to

read this, PLEASE. Phillip 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!

It is worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

We are going to hit $ 2.00 a litre and it might go

higher!! Want petrol prices to come down?

We need to take some intelligent, united action.

The oil companies just laughed at last year’s action

because they knew we would not 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 on and join with us!

By now, you're probably thinking petrol priced at about

$1.50 is cheap. It can only get dearer ... and dearer unless

WE do something about it.



Politicians pay nothing for petrol.Do not expect them to fight for you.


Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have

conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre of petrol is

CHEAP at $1.50, 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 book by not

purchasing their petrol! And, we can do that WITHOUT

hurting ourselves.

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

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 petrol from BP, the biggest price-up driver company.

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 BP petrol buyers. It's SO simple!
Now, don't wimp out at this point...keep

reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach

millions and even BILLIONS of people!!

I am sending this note to 20 people.
If each of you sends it on to at least twenty more

that's (20 x 20 = 400) .. And those 400 send it to at

least twenty more (400 x 20 = 8000 ... and so on,
by the time the message reaches the fifth group

of people, we will have reached over

SIXTY FOUR MILLION consumers.

20x20 = 400
400x20 = 8,000
8,000x20 = 160,000
160,000x20 = 3,200,000
3,200,000x20 = 64,000,000
64,000,000x20 = 12,800,000,000
That's 12.80 Billion people folks, who will have been contacted!!!!!

Unbelievable?? Do the maths and see for yourself!



Again, all you have to do is send this to

20 people. That's all...so just do it!



I'll bet you didn't think we had that much potential, did you!
Acting together we can make a difference..

If this message makes sense to you, then please pass it on.
THEY will LOWER THEIR PRICES TO BELOW THE $1.50

RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

It’s simple – send the message along to others and

choose to not buy petrol from BP.



SIX BILLION people:

Now THAT's people power.



LET'S JUST DO IT ! ! !
More power to you friend.
Don't forget the 'banning of bullbars' campaign fell flat because of 'power to the people'

[growler2058]

Morning Kat, have sent it on..........down my way BP is always the most expensive servo around 3-4c higher I will only ever go there if absolutely necessary and am not filling up just a $10 shot. The pri@ks even round up to the nearest 5c on a key or credit card, I dont know if thats legal or not, every other retail outlet i've noticed charges the 1c or 2c no more no less when eftpos transactions are made.........

[katwoman]

Morning Growlers, excellent thx. Anything is worth a shot, ay?

[growler2058]

Morning Growlers, excellent thx. Anything is worth a shot, ay?

Bloody oath why not give it a go! Stick it to em if we can.

[HippoNZ]

petrol well over $2 bucks here in nz :(

[katwoman]

petrol well over $2 bucks here in nz :(

Really? That sux. Start a campaign to get back to $2

[Bigrig]

I paid $1.51 for 95 unleaded on Tuesday night!! I don't think it's going to get cheaper unfortunately - peaks and troughs here and there, but a steady rise over time either way. Hold onto the wallet ladies and gentlemen - petrol will soon be the biggest single weekly expense outside of the mortgage (oh, and maybe outside of the ridiculous electricity increases that are due also)!!!

[AB]

Bring on the hydro Patrol...lol

[Bigrig]

Bring on the hydro Patrol...lol

Hydrogen ... ooohhhhh mumma ... explosive power ... literally!! LOL

[jaxt]

1.65 for 98 unleaded on Monday!! :(

[the evil twin]

Hate to be a wet blanket but

1. Noone will ever force a price war with the "Petrol Companies". They are huge multi nationals who invented the concept of price fixing.

2. An example of "cheaper fuel" not affecting them is the budget chains such as Gull etc, BP et al just kak 'emselves laughing at the puny market share they have here in Aus even tho they are consistently cheaper (altho their fuel is poo might have a bit to do with that as well)

3. If it did work with BP it would be a significantly harder task with Caltex and Shell who have almost no retail face anymore as most of their retail petrol is dispensed thru Woolies and Coles Servo's so those Companies are virtual wholesalers only.

4. The only refinery in WA is B.P. so guess where everyone gets their fuel from (cept the Singapore stuff)

5. My workplace and many others Federal, State, Commercial and the Leasing mobs operate Fuel Cards which has a tendency to lock in to suppliers. Even if you have a couple of cards no-one will buy any other companies fuel other than one of the cards so if you boycott one the others make a motza

6. The cheapest outlet in my area is a privately operated B.P. who I use at every opportunity. So you will run into "Brand Loyalty" at every turn

7. Fuel quality (percieved or real, doesn't matter which) IE BP Ultimate Diesel and Caltex Vortex are considered the best Diesel fuel by a large percentage of Diesel Owners who happily pay a premium to use the stuff. They will be VERY unlikely to change

There are a heap of other reasons that others could think of as well I am sure.

Bottom line?
A price war will only be ever driven by a desire to increase market share EG the Coles attempt with Milk etc to claw back market share from Woolies et al. I would suggest the larger Fuel companies are "happy" with their pricing and share and boycotting one would more likely drive up the Prices of the others than achieve anything else. You might. at the absolute best, get the Price Leader to drop back to the field but I doubt it.
BP are happily sitting there as the most expensive fuel and are obviously happy with market share and patronage so could you get enough BP customers to boycott the Company for long enough? I doubt it or they would be going elsewhere already

[growler2058]

Hate to be a wet blanket but

1. Noone will ever force a price war with the "Petrol Companies". They are huge multi nationals who invented the concept of price fixing.

2. An example of "cheaper fuel" not affecting them is the budget chains such as Gull etc, BP et al just kak 'emselves laughing at the puny market share they have here in Aus even tho they are consistently cheaper (altho their fuel is poo might have a bit to do with that as well)

3. If it did work with BP it would be a significantly harder task with Caltex and Shell who have almost no retail face anymore as most of their retail petrol is dispensed thru Woolies and Coles Servo's so those Companies are virtual wholesalers only.

4. The only refinery in WA is B.P. so guess where everyone gets their fuel from (cept the Singapore stuff)

5. My workplace and many others Federal, State, Commercial and the Leasing mobs operate Fuel Cards which has a tendency to lock in to suppliers. Even if you have a couple of cards no-one will buy any other companies fuel other than one of the cards so if you boycott one the others make a motza

6. The cheapest outlet in my area is a privately operated B.P. who I use at every opportunity. So you will run into "Brand Loyalty" at every turn

7. Fuel quality (percieved or real, doesn't matter which) IE BP Ultimate Diesel and Caltex Vortex are considered the best Diesel fuel by a large percentage of Diesel Owners who happily pay a premium to use the stuff. They will be VERY unlikely to change

There are a heap of other reasons that others could think of as well I am sure.

Bottom line?
A price war will only be ever driven by a desire to increase market share EG the Coles attempt with Milk etc to claw back market share from Woolies et al. I would suggest the larger Fuel companies are "happy" with their pricing and share and boycotting one would more likely drive up the Prices of the others than achieve anything else. You might. at the absolute best, get the Price Leader to drop back to the field but I doubt it.
BP are happily sitting there as the most expensive fuel and are obviously happy with market share and patronage so could you get enough BP customers to boycott the Company for long enough? I doubt it or they would be going elsewhere already

And bubble effectively burst hahahahahahhaa

[HippoNZ]

98 95/96 91 Diesel
$2.329 $2.269 $2.186 $1.669
That my friends is NZ fuel prices - not sure how'd they work out after the exchange rate between nz and aus
cost me a 120bucks to fill up the trol the other day and that was diesel - I start to feel weak when the jump between the dollars and liters are so far apart lol

[katwoman]

And bubble effectively burst hahahahahahhaa

Can't blame a girl for trying!!

[Bob]

can't blame a girl for trying!!

i am with you kat but we are up against some bloody big players that have considerable clout with the govt.

And the govt dont want petrol prices to go down as then they would not get so much tax and excise

[AB]

Hate to be a wet blanket but

1. Noone will ever force a price war with the "Petrol Companies". They are huge multi nationals who invented the concept of price fixing.

2. An example of "cheaper fuel" not affecting them is the budget chains such as Gull etc, BP et al just kak 'emselves laughing at the puny market share they have here in Aus even tho they are consistently cheaper (altho their fuel is poo might have a bit to do with that as well)

3. If it did work with BP it would be a significantly harder task with Caltex and Shell who have almost no retail face anymore as most of their retail petrol is dispensed thru Woolies and Coles Servo's so those Companies are virtual wholesalers only.

4. The only refinery in WA is B.P. so guess where everyone gets their fuel from (cept the Singapore stuff)

5. My workplace and many others Federal, State, Commercial and the Leasing mobs operate Fuel Cards which has a tendency to lock in to suppliers. Even if you have a couple of cards no-one will buy any other companies fuel other than one of the cards so if you boycott one the others make a motza

6. The cheapest outlet in my area is a privately operated B.P. who I use at every opportunity. So you will run into "Brand Loyalty" at every turn

7. Fuel quality (percieved or real, doesn't matter which) IE BP Ultimate Diesel and Caltex Vortex are considered the best Diesel fuel by a large percentage of Diesel Owners who happily pay a premium to use the stuff. They will be VERY unlikely to change

There are a heap of other reasons that others could think of as well I am sure.

Bottom line?
A price war will only be ever driven by a desire to increase market share EG the Coles attempt with Milk etc to claw back market share from Woolies et al. I would suggest the larger Fuel companies are "happy" with their pricing and share and boycotting one would more likely drive up the Prices of the others than achieve anything else. You might. at the absolute best, get the Price Leader to drop back to the field but I doubt it.
BP are happily sitting there as the most expensive fuel and are obviously happy with market share and patronage so could you get enough BP customers to boycott the Company for long enough? I doubt it or they would be going elsewhere already

Unfortunately ET is right....Hydro Patrols I say!!!

[the evil twin]

Actually what really gets up my nose is the stupid "Parity Pricing" Policy of the Guv'ment... they are the ones who are making squillions so that the price of fuel in Aus is on par with the region.

Why? No parity pricing on Houses, Land, Cars, Food, Clothes, Whitegoods, Browngoods etc. yet the Gov says "Hmmm can't have Aussies getting cheap fuel so we will tax the difference". Anyone ever think they will subsidise the price if we got more expensive... ROFLMAO, yeah, right

Of course the downside if it stopped is that the Guvment Man would lose billions in revenue and have to kick us in the nuts somewhere else taxwise or give up some of his perks, Hmmm, wonder which way they would jump?

[Finly Owner]

I agree, BP is the dearest fuel. And I would love to Boycott them, but, between me and work on payday is two BP<s closest to me. Then a Caltex, then a Freedom then a Caltex Then a Shell. 30k's to work.

Quandry indeed.

[DX grunt]

My local garage is 2k's away, the next is 35k's away and the next closest is BP 60k's away.

I could save $15 in fuelling up 60k's away, but it costs more than $15 to get there and back.

Normally I keep enough to get me to the cheaper option.

I can't understand how diesel is 10c a litre dearer and it's only 60k's further to Perth.

In many small country towns like mine, you don't really have much choice. I'm getting fitter,

which is greaaaaat. You won't recognise me soon, coz I'll blow away in the wind. lol

[wildgu6]

Can't blame a girl for trying!!

Was a great idea Kat.......... until ET came along.
B.P around the corner from me is always the cheapest diesel around that i can find, $1.49 today, But was willing to try the boycott to force a price drop........But ahhh now I will stick with the cheapest diesel.
Thanks for trying Kat and thanks for the enlightenment ET.

[katwoman]

Ah well. Was worth a try. I won't use another particular cheaper servo simply because of bad service and bad cleaning practices, now they've taken over another 17 servos in Gippsland !!

[the evil twin]

Was a great idea Kat.......... until ET came along.
B.P around the corner from me is always the cheapest diesel around that i can find, $1.49 today, But was willing to try the boycott to force a price drop........But ahhh now I will stick with the cheapest diesel.
Thanks for trying Kat and thanks for the enlightenment ET.

Dunno about the enlightenment bit... justa a cranky cynical grumpy old farts take on life actually.

At the risk of jacking the thread a little we are in the middle of an Indian electrical energy takeover her in WA. Indian companies have recently bought a heap of Gina Rheinhard's Coal Mines, another has bought Griffin Coal mines in Collie and today an announcement is expected to be made about an Indian Company buying the two Coal fired Electrical Power Stations at Collie. Indian Companies already own one other Power Station (I think) and also expect to purchase the huge "Emu Downs" Wind turbine complex just north of Perth and early plans are being made to build two more Coal fired stations in the 2015's

They aren't doing that to give us cheaper power thats for sure. Goddam I hate it when Gov'ts sell off or privatise Utilities to raise short term capital.

[Bob]

Dunno about the enlightenment bit... justa a cranky cynical grumpy old farts take on life actually.

At the risk of jacking the thread a little we are in the middle of an Indian electrical energy takeover her in WA. Indian companies have recently bought a heap of Gina Rheinhard's Coal Mines, another has bought Griffin Coal mines in Collie and today an announcement is expected to be made about an Indian Company buying the two Coal fired Electrical Power Stations at Collie. Indian Companies already own one other Power Station (I think) and also expect to purchase the huge "Emu Downs" Wind turbine complex just north of Perth and early plans are being made to build two more Coal fired stations in the 2015's

They aren't doing that to give us cheaper power thats for sure. Goddam I hate it when Gov'ts sell off or privatise Utilities to raise short term capital.


What is the Foreign Investment Board doing.
Makes me think that some palm greasing is going on.

[MQ MAD]

Fuel
The closest sevo from me is 10Ks from home ,independant
The next is another 10Ks , again an independant
Then nothin for 40Ks
Then we have a BP
Cheaper than the independants and the TB gets better economy per tank
IF fuel gets to 2 bucks a litre
Ill retire the 6 cylinder 4 by, and start drive the old skool V8
Cause its cheaper to run

[timbar]

i have forward all the information on to 40+ ppl its gotta work fuel is far too expensive thanx Kat