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Old 04-19-2006, 01:13 PM  
Heywood Jablome
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Originally Posted by Flu
Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY
gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
Here is the flaw in this logic. The other companies wouldn't have to lower their prices, because they aren't losing any customers. If anything, they could raise their prices because the demand on their pumps would be so much higher.
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