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06-11-2004, 05:48 PM
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Gas prices
Okay, the other day I got this silly email about the rising gas prices and how a collective consumer base could help bring them back down.
The whole premise was that if everyone stopped buying gas from the largest oil companies (shell and petro or something), these companies would have to theoretically respond by lowering their prices to regain competitive advantage. This, in turn, would cause a price race resulting in other petroleum suppliers to match price. This sounds far too simple to work. Anyone see any pitfalls right off the bat that will keep this thing from flying? I'm really skeptical about the whole idea, thought I really don't have any definitive reason why. On the other hand, I've talked to some people who think it's the best thing to happen since sliced bread. Input? Anyone get this email?
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06-11-2004, 05:55 PM
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I heard this one and I myself can't see it flying.
If you boycott the large companies, well you just took 80% ish of the service stations off line and have 100% of drivers still looking for gas. This would mean those long line ups we remember in the gas wars of the 1980's and early 90's. So is Joe Blow consumer gonna sit for an hour in line to get gas at $1.00 a liter when he is on a busy schedule?? I don't think so. Not enough people would go with this to make it work Just my opinion
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06-11-2004, 05:55 PM
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Best idea since sliced bread? This email has been circulating since before sliced bread.
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-Quinn Man, n. ...His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth, and Canada. - A. Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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06-11-2004, 07:05 PM
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So true...so true...
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06-11-2004, 07:18 PM
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... You guys make me feel so outdated and un-hip.
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06-11-2004, 07:45 PM
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Don't feel bad, it's just that we're so cutting-edge. Didn't you know that Canreefers are the hippest people on the planet? Even our venerable Bob is up on terms like "homie" and "sick".
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-Quinn Man, n. ...His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth, and Canada. - A. Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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06-11-2004, 08:04 PM
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Alan will never make fun of my hat again.
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-Quinn Man, n. ...His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth, and Canada. - A. Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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06-11-2004, 11:51 PM
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or I should say...
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