Don't buy BP Fuel - Stop rising prices

[BradM]

I saw an interesting email doing the rounds which may stop the price of fuel going up it is suggested.

The suggestion is fairly simple. If you boycott a large brand like BP who they suggest is one of the worst offenders for pushing up prices and their maket share drops like a brick...what would they do to regain their market share...

Drop the price of their fuel per litre to attract the buyers back. In other words a price war.

From now on I will absolutely not be buying fuel from BP. What have I got to lose at $1.90 litre in Karratha for deisel. Tell others........if you are interested in trying something to fight back at the basxxrds.

BradM

[ladas]

If you do a search - I think the boycot was on the Coles chain of petrol/service stations.

[isuzurover]

ROFL - it doesn't work...

Where do you think the fuel in WA comes from, if not from BP??? They have a MONOPOLY on everything except LPG (Wesfarmers also sell some).

In other states there is a DUOPOLY at best.

But that doesn't stop the emails doing the rounds again and again...

[harry]

****ing into wind mate,
it wouldn't hurt bp 1 iota if australia stopped buying.
we arn't a big market in the big scheme of things.

[inside]

Oil goes up and so does petrol/diesel. The BP near my office has diesel for $1.64 which is 7c a litre cheaper than what the other major stations are charging. I'll keep going there to save my 7c plus it is convenient.

But do I use the 4c vouchers? Sure I do, at IGA, take any fuel receipt in and they give you the equivalent to 4c/L off on your groceries. Works for me and they seem to be much better priced than the local Coles and Woolies. I will not use them for fruit & veg though, my local fruit guy had bananas for 29c/kg and all the varieties of cabbage for 99c. Those small red potatoes cant remember what they're called but they were 79c/kg.

I have more satisfaction shopping around and refusing to buy goods when I can get them cheaper elsewhere. It gives me more satisfaction than just boycotting large chains.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

talk to Ecidna,,,,

[mcrover]

Ok well to start with it doesnt work because your only talking to about .1 of the population here if that so I dont really think any business that is even national would notice.

If one area boycotted a company like BP then they would just simply close it down or sell it to another supplier that they own anyway.

If you want to get a good deal on fuel then find someone with their own tanks and buy a share in bulk.

When it is sold at around about $1.60 ltr retail, I get it between .5c and .10c cheaper getting it in bulk but sometimes it can be more expensive but only buy a cent or 2 but most of the time it's cheaper.

[d3funct]

Us consumers are pocket change peanuts...

Consider the iron ore mines and all other resource mines in general.

Mt Whaleback iron ore in Newman WA, has a delivery of 1 road train a day.
1 Prime mover, 4 trailers... 120,000L of diesel per day is delivered.

They dont care about your 50L buddy 8)

[rmp]

snopes.com: Gas Out

[jik22]

I don't think it's any one company. In my local suburb BP is sometimes 5-10c/l cheaper, next week it is the local Caltex. Just a matter at watching the web and buying at the cheapest price for the day.