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Edpap Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:4,486 Points:530,650 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 27, 2012 11:22:15 AM Ignore Edpap Report Abuse Boycott..a temporary hurt to your local station is all it will accomplish..big oil is exporting so you can't hurt them. you may need your local station

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Boycott..a temporary hurt to your local station is all it will accomplish..big oil is exporting so you can't hurt them. you may need your local station

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Ernman Champion Author Orlando Posts:3,494 Points:982,340 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Mar 21, 2012 12:39:47 PM Ignore Ernman Report Abuse Maybe boycotting a gas station in a small town with 3 stations may work.... People...let's do it!
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:23,066 Points:3,550,100 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Mar 21, 2012 1:37:41 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse I have a station I stopped going to because, when they got busy, they made no attempt to control traffic trying to come at the pumps from all directions, until I got to the pump and they told me I was facing the wrong way, yet my filler was on the side the pump was on. I said I had been in line, waiting patiently as they served the 10 cars in front of me, and some of the cars that cut in from both ends, and it was ludicrous to tell me at that point I was facing the wrong way. I guess the kid got mad when I suggested maybe the cars in front of me were their friends. I told him I had been buying gas there for about 10 years, but if I drove away without being served I was never returning. I have never returned. That is not a boycott, per se, it is a personal decision to avoid some place I felt slighted. I worked all my life helping clients, I know it is a lot harder to get a new client than to make an existing one happy. Obviously that kid never learned that lesson. My other regular stations, I am greeted with a smile, and served promptly. If they are really busy, and I start the fill myself, I get a thanks, maybe a free drink, and sometimes even an extra gift if there is a giveaway going on. I will even pay a penny or two more per litre to be treated like that.
gasmask78 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,390 Points:468,745 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2012 10:26:11 PM Ignore gasmask78 Report Abuse Agreed...
KnullaMej Rookie Author Oklahoma Posts:85 Points:51,335 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 19, 2012 11:06:10 PM Ignore KnullaMej Report Abuse a boycott of a local station would only hurt them if no one bought gas there for a week or more. Good luck getting everyone in town to not buy gas from 1 particular place though.
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:12,146 Points:1,226,590 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Mar 9, 2012 11:52:02 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse i'm speechless (my wife likes that)
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Mar 9, 2012 4:54:01 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Your local station won't even notice a one day boycott.
HeavyDuty_cache Champion Author Omaha Posts:13,057 Points:2,504,080 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2012 3:10:20 PM Ignore HeavyDuty_cache Report Abuse GLDubzarkJr - What does Obama have to do with oil and gas prices?
GLDubzakJr Sophomore Author Michigan Posts:126 Points:265,020 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:29:28 PM Ignore GLDubzakJr Report Abuse O.B.A.M.A. One Big Ass Mistake America
mbcougartl Sophomore Author Phoenix Posts:203 Points:488,705 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:46:18 AM Ignore mbcougartl Report Abuse Yes, I will boycott it if hitting $4.00 a gallon. Do not vote for Obama on next term! We have plenty of oil in our US soil!