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In article <1178554647.491001.22500@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Glen
<ghallick@mts.net> wrote:
> A day not to buy gasoline is really about
> showing the gas companies that consumers can organize themselves. Yes
> people will still buy gas and not buying it on a specific day will
> only shift to another. But that it the point. The real point is a
> little demonstration of consumer influence on the marketplace.


But the gas companies won't notice it. All the consumers come crawling
back a day or two later (or a day or two prior), to fill up their tanks.

The only one who notices it are the individual gas stations themselves,
although the actual sales level out a day or two later when everyone comes
crawling back for their fix of gasoline.

The whole idea is really stupid.

But suit yourselves, if you think you are demonstrating consumer influence
on the marketplace by doing this, pat yourselves on the back, put on that
smug smile, and keep deluding yourselves with these hairbrained and
useless schemes.

At the end of the day, when all is said and done, the oil cartel will just
jack up the price a little to show you little peons whose really in charge
of setting the marketplace value of gas and oil.








>I for one won't buy gas on May 15.
> Glen

Yeah, but lemme guess, you'll be topping up your tank a few days before or
a few days after May 15th.