Friday, March 14, 2008

EXXON AND MOBILE

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THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON.
This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please.
Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!
I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?
We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas.
It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can Really work. Please read on and join with us!
By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $2.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $ 3.15 for regular unleaded in my town.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace...not sellers.
With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.
The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.
But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.
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.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) .. and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers.If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!
If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON and MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Playing the Lotto

Do you like to gamble? I say that I don't, but I think we all gamble. It's just on what we value. However, I want to encourage you in gambling on some thing you can use. Instead of throwing away your money on a lotto ticket, spend a couple of bucks on an antique. Have you ever heard stories of people paying $0.50 on a picture to find out it is worth a couple of hundred dollars? I have a box full of stamps in my garage. I have held on to these stamps for over 10 years in hopes that one of them is worth millions. Truly one in a million. I just think you can spend your money better than on a lotto ticket.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Wisdom From the Past

I have begun asking older Home Makers what has saved them money over the years. With out fail the answer has been, "cooking from scratch." My grandfather said his best investment has been realestate, but the last place he worked on he owned it for 7 years. There certainly isn't any quick turn over.

When I observe the generations ahead of us I see those who have been consistent in a few things are doing better than those who bounce around a lot.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Finding Your Own Stuff At The Thrift Store


Love to give my stuff away and feel like I did a good job cleaning out the kids closet. The freeing feeling of haling it away, but to find my stuff with tags on it. Someone making a killing on my good junk and you stand holding it saying to the stranger next to you" this was mine ". The home made Raggedy Ann doll with the mitten hands that I thought looked more like Lobster Claws. Still after weeks not shopping at that Salvation Army I come back to see nobody wanted it ,and I feeling bad for the doll thinking , maybe I should bring it back home and reached to take it by the hand and realize... ya.. don't think I want it.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Keeping The Change ?

Putting your extra change into a jar, thinking this is a great way to save money. This is not always true, you might be losing money. The classic money jar has been a way for our family to feel we always have a backup plan. We always empty out your pockets and put all coins into jars. When the jar is full we start a new jar. This is a easy way to find an extra $300
bucks for Christmas and not feel the pinch, or great for something unexpected.
As for the penny... spending them a little at a time is better then having Jars full of them. As much as I like to save, I also like to save money by spending my penny's. When we hold onto a bunch of penny's , counting out your change jars will look like a chore and like most people the money counting machine starts to look tempting. The fees for coin counting machines are about 9% thats maybe $36 in fees for your $400 in spare change.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Get Paid Not To Shop

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Employ Yourself and Get Paid NOT To Go Shopping!
Keep Your Money, Get Paid NOT To Eat At Restaurants! Get Paid NOT To Go To The Movies! Many people have made this a full time job. Many non shoppers are earning between $10 and $40 every time they decided not to spend money! This is perfect for Stay at home moms, college students as well as the retired!! You can start immediately!
What Do I Get By NOT Shopping?
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Discovering you have a choice to keep your money.
* Feeling empowered

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Finding a new hobby
*Ability to take charge of your money
*Transform your life .