Don't Buy Gas.

[leinahtan]

DON'T BUY GAS...

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the boycott campaign
and rallies against gas companies lately.


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 it and join us!


By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
about P25.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
P33.00 for regular unleaded now. Now that the oil
companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us
to think that the cost of a liter of gas is CHEAP
at P25.00, 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, SHELL and
CALTEX. 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 Shell and Caltex gas buyers. It's really
simple to do!!
Now, don't whimp (sic) 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 about thirty 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 MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people
and DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from Shell and
Caltex. That's all.


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!!! 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.


PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE
P20.00/LITER RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN
REALLY WORK.

[BlueBimmer]

LOL futile attempt IMO. baket shell and caltex lng? taga petron/unioil/seaoil etc ata nagkakalat nito e haha

[leinahtan]

LOL futile attempt IMO. baket shell and caltex lng? taga petron/unioil/seaoil etc ata nagkakalat nito e haha

Maybe, but who knows? It might work.

[mazdamazda]

Maybe, but who knows? It might work.

This is a hoax that has been going around the internet for ages.

This will not work simply because the local distributor / retailers of fuels here do not have full control of the prices of fuel. OPEC also does not fully control the prices of the fuel. Heck, they are the ones who are trying to stabilize the price by pumping in more output.

Petron last year only had a net profit of P1B. In contrast, PLDT posted a net profit of P28B. I guess you should also call to boycott PLDT then and just use Bayantel?

[BlueBimmer]

[j_avonni]

I guess you should also call to boycott PLDT then and just use Bayantel?

I had my PLDT cut and subscribe to Bayantel. Mas mura kasi.

[creepy]

This won't make much of difference. The other companies (Petron, Total, etc...) will still buy oil from abroad.

Prices are driven by demand vs supply. Since we cannot influence supply, the only way we can influence it is by lowering demand - by being more economical in the use of petroleum products not just for a short period but for the long-term.

[BlueBimmer]

besides without gas, the economy will worsen. imagine no logistics, transportation, everything. might as well call it 'make philippine economy go to hell' :bwahaha:

[Psylocke]

Once shell and caltex lower their prices people will buy from them again, so they raise their prices again.

Back to square one.

[j_avonni]

I don't think it would work. The best thing is to minimize the use of your car. Use it only if necessary.

[yebo]

won't work. where do you think the other oil players will source their gasoline and diesel when their supplies run out due to the added demand? e di sa shell at caltex din sila kukuha kasi yung suppliers nila overseas will not be able to ship to them. shell and caltex will still sell to them at the same price they sell to their dealers, plus the proifit the small players will add, plus the profit of their own dealers and this will raise the price even further. this is an exercise in futility imho.

[BlueBimmer]

won't work. where do you think the other oil players will source their gasoline and diesel when their supply runs out due to the added demand? e di sa shell at caltex din sila kukuha kasi yung suppliers nila overseas will not be able to ship to them. shell and caltex will still sell to them at the same price they sell to their dealers, plus the proifit the small players will add, plus the profit of their own dealers and this will raise the price even further. this is an exercise in futility imho.

damn right. sobrang short sighted ang gumawa nyan IMO.

[zidane21]

he he, mag-kalesa na lang po tayo ulit mga sirs!! tapos pormahan natin mga alaga nating kabayo!! pag-suotin natin ng mga sneakers yung kabayo para pormado ang hooves nila! tapos i-dress-up din natin yung karwahe ->alloy rims!! :bwahaha:

[vicoyski]

This plan will only work if there is indeed true competition among the big 3. The fact that the big 3 may be engaged in a cartel will indicate that boycotting 1 supplier won't affect the price.

The supplier with zero sales will just sell his fuel to the others at a modest price, but with enough margin to make profit.

[jimaroquai]

he he, mag-kalesa na lang po tayo ulit mga sirs!! tapos pormahan natin mga alaga nating kabayo!! pag-suotin natin ng mga sneakers yung kabayo para pormado ang hooves nila! tapos i-dress-up din natin yung karwahe ->alloy rims!! :bwahaha:

Magandang idea yan ah Problema ko lang kung saan ako bibili ng rims na 30"-35" sa diameter

[larshell]

If you want to boycott big oil co. you should excempt Caltex coz Caltex is now closing lots of thier outlets coz oil business here in the phil is really not worth it now a days. Caltex already close their refinery.
Shell Phillipines loss billions of pesos just last year buti pang petron may 1B na income pero tingin pure publicity coz Aramco want to sell out their shares early next year.So guys i hate to say this but worst yet to come.


If you want BIG DISCOUNT apply Shell Citibank 4% rebate walang sinabi 2% ng petron he he he he... Habang may Buhay May pag-asa
MALAYO ANG MARARATING...

[falken]

If you want BIG DISCOUNT apply Shell Citibank 4% rebate walang sinabi 2% ng petron he he he he... Habang may Buhay May pag-asa
MALAYO ANG MARARATING...

4% ba ang rebate ng Shell Citibank, diba pareho lang silang 2%?

[larshell]

4% ba ang rebate ng Shell Citibank, diba pareho lang silang 2%?

Yup 4% This is the new promo of Citybank and Shell.

[Psalm136:2]

Hinding-hindi po malulugi ang mga big oil players, nor we can force them to lower their prices. All have been said above.

Low-cost alternative energy + force the government to support it. Yan po ang sagot.

[vicoyski]

Bring in the Hybrids kasi! Malakas kasi mag-lobby yang Big 3 para harangin ang entry ng hybrid vehicles eh.

Mas mura ang cost ng re-charging with electricity, 'coz power rates have a blended cost - different power plants running on different fuels (with different costs) to produce energy.