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JAKEtheDOG

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Message Posted: Apr 18, 2008 11:41:37 PM

ON A LOCAL LEVEL IT WOULD NEVER WORK NATION WIDE THESE COMPANIES ARE TO BIG. BUT ON A LOCAL LEVEL IF SOME HOW SOMEONE COULD ORGANIZE BOYCOTTING A CERTAIN STATION UNTIL THE OTHER BROKE DOWN AND LOWER THE PRICES THEN ONCE THEY WENT DOWN AT THE 2ND STATION THEN EVERYONE WOULD SHIFT OVER TO IT UNTIL THE 1ST OR 3RD OR SO ON HAD DROPPED THEIRS. THE MORE STATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THE BETTER. RIGHT NOW THEY (GAS STATIONS) DICTATE TO US IN WHAT WE PAY. IT NEEDS TO CHANGE. SOON VERY SOON. I AM FROM OAKES, ND AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES IN THE STATE. IT WAS ON THE WDAY NEWS ONE EVENING. THE BIG WORD IS ORGANIZE SOMEHOW SOMEONE NEEDS TO ORGANIZE IT TOGETHER. THE OTHER FACTOR IS ONCE YOU GOT GOING THINGS COULD GET UGLY AS IN THREATS TO WHO EVER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING IT. SMALL TOWN AMERICA KNOWS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES. IT COULD BE RISKY BUSINESS.
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CaptSquid
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Message Posted: Apr 19, 2008 3:04:06 PM

Codley, quit flogging your "Pet Troll Army" idea. There is NO SUCH THING.
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codley1234
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Message Posted: Apr 19, 2008 6:22:55 AM

Jake, there is such a movement that is working very well and is effective on a local level and nationwide as well. It targets 1 brand for 1 week and then changes to another the following week. It simply uses the law of supply and demand against the Corporate Criminals on a retail and wholesale setting. And the best part about is.....they cannot defend against it as it "beats them at their own game"!
Its a beautiful thing! Pick your bum and have some fun!
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rumbleseat
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Message Posted: Apr 19, 2008 2:46:58 AM

If you don't have someone in the group intelligent enough to realize a "boycott" that doesn't involve an actual reduction in the amount of product used, whether it be gasoline or beer nuts, they you are just trying the same stuff that didn't work last month, last year, the year before, and the year before that, etc. Might as well pee into the wind for all the good you will do.
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HeavyDuty_cache
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Message Posted: Apr 19, 2008 12:16:28 AM

No clue what you are trying to say. It is a very hard post to read with the CAPS on.
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