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etal Rookie Author San Diego Posts:91 Points:10,835 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Mar 29, 2008 8:41:02 PM Ignore etal Report Abuse The more I think of this one, the more it makes sense. I got an email that is making the internet rounds, showing up at MySpace, FaceBook, etc. The boycott calls for targeting the most expensive companies, Exxon and Mobile, to force them to bring down their prices back to the $2.xx range. By forcing them down, the others will have to follow in order to compete. Does this sound plausible to you? Boycotting only certain days is laughable just based on physics. Sooner or later you have to get gas. Wether it's Wednesday or Sunday makes no difference. Knowing which day is being targeted just let the companies know which is the 'day after' that most people need to get gas and raise prices on that day.

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The more I think of this one, the more it makes sense.

I got an email that is making the internet rounds, showing up at MySpace, FaceBook, etc.

The boycott calls for targeting the most expensive companies, Exxon and Mobile, to force them to bring down their prices back to the $2.xx range. By forcing them down, the others will have to follow in order to compete.

Does this sound plausible to you? Boycotting only certain days is laughable just based on physics. Sooner or later you have to get gas. Wether it's Wednesday or Sunday makes no difference. Knowing which day is being targeted just let the companies know which is the 'day after' that most people need to get gas and raise prices on that day.

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SIPLOWGUY Champion Author New York Posts:14,388 Points:2,769,340 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Apr 21, 2008 3:57:41 AM Ignore SIPLOWGUY Report Abuse If EVERYONE does it it can work.
52firedome Rookie Author West Virginia Posts:15 Points:69,975 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Apr 20, 2008 7:09:55 PM Ignore 52firedome Report Abuse I've benn saying this. Boycotting would definitely do something.If not Exxon/Mobil, pick one and everyone not buy there things WILL change and someone will get the message that we aren't the IDIOTS they think we are.
ccrb Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:9,089 Points:1,941,995 Joined:Aug 2003	Message Posted: Apr 20, 2008 3:28:22 PM Ignore ccrb Report Abuse I don't patronize them
CaptSquid Champion Author Billings Posts:25,653 Points:3,178,040 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: Apr 20, 2008 2:17:37 PM Ignore CaptSquid Report Abuse beemerguy, no probs. But I don't think there's a 2x4 big enough to get their attention. And our arms get tired swinging that piece of lumber over and over and over ..... Slicky562, ExxonMobil is ONE COMPANY. There are no slashes, dashes, hyphens, periods, spaces, or other forms of punctuation in the middle.
slicky562 Sophomore Author Los Angeles Posts:128 Points:32,200 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Apr 20, 2008 2:13:28 PM Ignore slicky562 Report Abuse I hate Exxon/Mobil. they're so expensive.
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,925 Points:3,529,565 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Apr 19, 2008 7:43:26 PM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse eco101999, if you had been paying attention to the other threads, you would know there is no such thing as a "selective boycott". Any plan that does not call for doing without in whole, or in part, of a product, is not a boycott in any sense of the word. If you are just going to buy elsewhere, you push the price up, because that is the only way other suppliers can control the increased demand. When they run out, they will search for another supplier, and guess where they buy it from? Now is the original "boycott" victim lowers prices, people flock to the stations, and the demand is so high they either raise prices or run out of fuel. So, if your plan worked, it would result in higher prices for all of us. Next time research before you set the monkeys to typing the next great novel.
eco101999 Rookie Author Austin Posts:3 Points:160 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Apr 19, 2008 4:02:36 PM Ignore eco101999 Report Abuse Try a selective boycott. Refuse to do business with EXXON/MOBILE today. Do not buy their gas or diesel. Do not use their convenience stores. Do not deliver to them. Do not accept employment from them. Return their credit cards with a message that their products are to expensive. A selective boycott can be effective if enough people participate. When their gas evaporates in the storage tanks and the milk sours in the convenience store refrigerators THEY WILL LISTEN or their replacements will. If the storage tanks are empty and the convenience store refrigerators are empty THEY WILL LISTEN or their replacements will. When or if EXXON/MOBILE is gone from the scene choose the next largest oil company and continue until the hundred million dollar executives get the idea that consumers can and will control the market place! A golden parachute is too heavy to break a fall.
destanylee Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:9,609 Points:1,341,480 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Apr 17, 2008 10:33:59 AM Ignore destanylee Report Abuse If we boycott the big company like Exxon-Mobil,Chevron,Gulf, &Gulf , and we keep boycotting them they may start lowing their prices,
radim Champion Author New Orleans Posts:1,295 Points:9,420 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Apr 16, 2008 5:07:19 AM Ignore radim Report Abuse Exxon, Esso and Mobil are the same company (Exxon).
miguelhg Rookie Author San Diego Posts:67 Points:16,990 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Apr 8, 2008 3:36:59 PM Ignore miguelhg Report Abuse I go to the Mobil because it's the cheapest (besides Arco or other smaller companies like Thrifty or Valero)
theTower Champion Author Indiana Posts:13,253 Points:478,240 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Apr 8, 2008 3:11:31 PM Ignore theTower Report Abuse "Boycotting only certain days is laughable" Etal, Boycotting in the manner you just described is equally laughable. [Edited by: theTower at 4/8/2008 4:12:00 PM EST]
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,294 Points:2,143,155 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Apr 8, 2008 2:42:02 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Exxon is among the cheaper brands around here. Pick on Shell. They're almost always the highest priced and besides they're not US based.
UP-Skier Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:13,356 Points:2,958,045 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Apr 1, 2008 6:26:20 PM Ignore UP-Skier Report Abuse No, it doesn't. First, ExxonMobil is one company. Second, they supply many stations that are not branded Wxxon or Mobil. You probably have bought their gas many times and never knew.
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,963 Points:2,495,550 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2008 4:50:08 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse No, it does not make sense. Were you drinking heavily "the more you (think) of this one"?
CaptSquid Champion Author Billings Posts:25,653 Points:3,178,040 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: Mar 30, 2008 5:42:13 AM Ignore CaptSquid Report Abuse etal, ExxonMobil is ONE COMPANY, not two. There are NO spaces, dashes, slashes, punctuation and no extra E on the right end. To "boycott" the petrochemical industry one company at a time, you are doing nothing more than spreading your business around. The only people you hurt are the individual businessmen. Like Rumbleseat said, stop believing in and forwarding the SPAM that has been floating around for years, many, many years.
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,925 Points:3,529,565 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Mar 30, 2008 3:27:35 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse Stop believing in and forwarding the SPAM that has been floating around for years, many, many years. Instead go to Snopes, and read why this is crap, garbage, junk, a waste of time, etc. The definition of "boycott", and you don't have to take my word for it, you may have heard of a dictionary, doesn't include moving your dollars around from one place to another, but it does mean doing without, in whole, or partially. In other words, if you aren't cutting your usage, YOU AREN'T BOYCOTTING ANYTHING! This has been discussed in 8 trillion threads in gas buddy for years. It gets tiresome. I have posted debunks of more than one topic just in case you have more e-mails waiting to spring on us. Boycott companies to lower prices? - NOPE Boycott companies to not fund terrorism? - fuggedaboutit Petition Bush to lower prices? - Hahaha! Small purchases will force lower prices - No way! Need more? There are a lot of studies by economist, university groups, consumer groups, etc on the topic. The bottom line is, if it didn't work in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, or 2007, why would anybody think Big Oil would all of a sudden get scared by any of these in 2008? [Edited by: rumbleseat at 3/30/2008 4:34:15 AM EST]
TNE123 Rookie Author Dallas Posts:7 Points:200 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 29, 2008 8:55:30 PM Ignore TNE123 Report Abuse Good idea but I am afraid nobody will do it without somebody with chrisma participates and knows how to rally the people. We are all hooked on gas I think it is about time we call our senators and congressmen and tell them to off there high horse and start giving incentives to alternate fuel vehicles electric,hydrogen, and ethanol. I have a flex fuel car and there are no stations with E85 ethanol!. To get 35 cents saving I have to go to the Kroger at 121 & coit.