Hi Mike, I don't think this Forum is the proper place to post this discussion. I get enough junk mail as it is. Thanks, Roy > ---------- > From: Beckman, Michael W[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum.;Beckman, Michael W > Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 10:39 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] FW: Subject: Fwd: FW: Boycott C > > Hi Kathy, > I've been reading some of the mail which has been coming across my > desk > pertaining to this boycott. > I admire the effort. I live in the Phoenix area and we've experienced > a ~ > $.30 - $.40 increase in the last several weeks! > I am now paying ~ $1.50 for premium which unfortunately, Pontiac > recommends. > > The downside I see to this effort is lack of organization. > People are creatures of habit and will shop out of convenience. Or > they'll > purchase the day before or the day after as necessary. > > Even if you could get a couple of hundred thousand people nationwide > to > boycott a particular supplier, these companies are so diversified they > would > modify pricing elsewhere. As I'm sure you know, they produce many > petroleum > and mining products not just gas. > If you visit Chevron's website in an instant you'll see that they > produce > 1.5 billion barrels of petroleum products daily, in 22 countries. And > Chevron has joint ventures with many petroleum companies worldwide > i.e. > Caltex, Texaco, Standard etc. Who knows how many smaller mom and pop > retailers nationwide they supply? > I believe these huge conglomerate's are so thoroughly interrelated > that it > will take quite some investigation into what "family" of suppliers to > boycott to have a real effect. > It will also take more than a day of boycotting this "family" for them > to > get the message! > Hell I'm ready to do my part! However we need the organization!! > > Happy Friday to you all! > Mike Beckman > ATD DPD Substrate Design Integration > [log in to unmask] > Ofc. 602 554-4232 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Palumbo [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 8:49 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] FW: Subject: Fwd: FW: Boycott C > > > Wow, that is incredibly high. We have it made in comparison to where > you > are at. I really did not intend for this e-mail to go to the technet, > and > apologize for sending you junk e-mail. I wish I could tell you this > boycott > would help you too, but I sincerely doubt it would. > > Sincerely, > Kathy Palumbo > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Squires [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 1:41 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] FW: Subject: Fwd: FW: Boycott C > > > Kathy > In answer to your question > > > > Average Gas price in the U.S. is $1.14 a gallon . . . . What are you > > paying > > ? ? ? > > > According to todays sterling/dollar rates i'm paying $5.22 per uk > gallon > > > > Ian Squires > > Production Engineering Manager > Redifon MEL, Crawley, UK > Tel: 44 (0) 1293 466300 xT 2425 > > ---------- > From: [log in to unmask] > Sent: 13 May 1999 21:51 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] FW: Subject: Fwd: FW: Boycott Chevr > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > -- > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 10:12 AM > > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; > > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; > > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Fwd: Subject: Fwd: FW: Boycott Chevron > > > > ------Begin forward message------------------------- > > > > Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> > > Received: from mail.qsc.net (msproxy.qsc.net [207.168.191.2] (may be > > forged)) > > by ixmail6.ix.netcom.com (8.8.7-s-4/8.8.7/(NETCOM v1.01)) with > ESMTP > > id JAA29834; ; > > Thu, 13 May 1999 09:05:29 -0700 (PDT) > > Received: by NT4_SERVER with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) > > id <2SGAHDA8>; Thu, 13 May 1999 09:06:46 -0700 > > Message-ID: <70302AB427DCD211A1F20090274FF23C12B7F8@NT4_SERVER> > > From: Steve Pacotti <[log in to unmask]> > > To: "Cadillac (E-mail)" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Chad'" > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Chris Banta'" > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Cynde Adey'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Cynthia Gilster'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'David Crofoot'" > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Doug Morrison'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Duane_Terry'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "Ed Popielarski (E-mail)" > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'John Boy'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Lori Adams'" > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Marla Pfund'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Rick'" > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Ronda Colwell'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > "'Yvonne'" <[log in to unmask]>, > > Barry Ferrell > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Bob Muniz <[log in to unmask]>, > > Chris Criner <[log in to unmask]>, > > Chris Parks > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Christie Austin > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Dain Leese <[log in to unmask]>, > > Dave Ishmael <[log in to unmask]>, > > Denise DeLarm > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Howie Voeltz <[log in to unmask]>, > > Irene Guardado <[log in to unmask]>, > > Jeff Chen > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Jill Hoover <[log in to unmask]>, > > JR Wheldon <[log in to unmask]>, > > Linda Marquette > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Mason Delarm <[log in to unmask]>, > > Michelle Tomlinson <[log in to unmask]>, > > Randy Balthazar > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Renato Azurin > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Robin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>, > > Ron Daigh <[log in to unmask]>, > > Shaw Ahmad <[log in to unmask]>, > > Stuart Krever <[log in to unmask]>, > > Terri Head > > <[log in to unmask]>, > > Thach Nguyen <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Subject: Fwd: FW: Boycott Chevron > > Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:06:42 -0700 > > Return-Receipt-To: Steve Pacotti <[log in to unmask]> > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > Subject: Fwd: FW: Boycott Chevron > > > > > > I'm sure you'd heard about the "gas-out" on April 30. > > Word spread so fast on e-mail that the whole nation knows about it > and > the > > media picked up on it. However, gas companies weren't scared because > they > > wouldn't lose sales, since everybody was buying gas on April 29 and > May > 1. > > So, a Las Vegas radio station has come up with a better idea to take > > things > > one step further. The radio station has suggested to boycott a > particular > > company, and refuse to buy from them until prices get back down to > normal. > > The radio station picked Chevron, so in order to make this work, you > need > > to > > stop buying from Chevron until their prices become normal again. > > Maybe a severe loss of business will force them to take action in > order > to > > drop prices and regain business, which will force changes by the > rest > of > > the > > companies across the board to remain competitive. Sick of paying > close > to > > $2 > > a gallon? > > This can work, but you have to do two things: > > 1. Do not shop at Chevron > > 2. Send this on to everybody you know > > > > The reason Chevron was picked because they were one of 2 companies > who > > started this whole thing. Chevron raised its prices because it shut > down > > one > > of its refineries and said that they couldn't keep up with the > demand. > > They > > used the supply and demand theory. > > They DEMAND more money because they don't have the SUPPLY that its > > competitors have. > > > > > > Average Gas price in the U.S. is $1.14 a gallon . . . . What are you > > paying > > ? ? ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------End forward message--------------------------- > > > > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following > text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section > for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ > > > > > > -- > > Ian Squires [log in to unmask] > http://www.rmel.com Tel: +44 (0)1293 446300 > > This email and the sender's address are confidential > and may also be privileged. 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