Goin' Coastal
04-27-2006, 09:11 AM
I received this on my email today. Interesting concept, even though it would have zero chance of actually working - not necessarily because of the concept, but could you imagine the entire country agreeing on anything!?! :D
Something to consider.....
This is a good thought and it could work. It won't cost anything to try.
Think about it !!
A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the
grocery
store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he
normally buys two dozens at a time.
One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72
cents.
The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked
to
explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up
and I have
to raise my price accordingly".
This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better
price and
all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have
begun to
buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of
business.
He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000
dozen
eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of
eggs.
This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man
says,"there must be something we can do about the price of eggs".
He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop
buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally,
the man
suggested only buying what you need.
He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the
grocery
and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.
The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in
his
cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe
wouldn't
need any all week.
The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge
egg
farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at
least two
weeks.
At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs.
The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the
price of
the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner
said,
"I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buy 2 or 3
eggs at a
time".
"Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original
price,
the customers would start buying by the dozen again".
Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few
cents.
The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the
price
of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the
dozen."
Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash
their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The
egg
farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a
higher price
than they were selling eggs for.
Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a
while.
And them chickens kept on laying.
Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing
away
eggs they couldn't sell.. The distributors started buying again because
the
eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the
lower
price.
And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.
Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.
What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled
to the
pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers
wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The
tank farms
wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the
refining
plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge
tankers
coming from the Middle East.
Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to
stop for
gas twice a week but, the price should come down.
Think about it.
As an added note..When I buy $10.00 worth of gas,that leaves my tank a
little
under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for
$2.65
a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your
tank
full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not
understand
the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy
cheaper
gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.
Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no
bread,
milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money
than
what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may
not see
this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them out
where you
buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting them on
windshields
at the mall.
Something to consider.....
This is a good thought and it could work. It won't cost anything to try.
Think about it !!
A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the
grocery
store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he
normally buys two dozens at a time.
One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72
cents.
The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked
to
explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up
and I have
to raise my price accordingly".
This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better
price and
all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have
begun to
buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of
business.
He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000
dozen
eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of
eggs.
This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man
says,"there must be something we can do about the price of eggs".
He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop
buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally,
the man
suggested only buying what you need.
He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the
grocery
and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.
The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in
his
cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe
wouldn't
need any all week.
The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge
egg
farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at
least two
weeks.
At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs.
The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the
price of
the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner
said,
"I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buy 2 or 3
eggs at a
time".
"Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original
price,
the customers would start buying by the dozen again".
Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few
cents.
The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the
price
of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the
dozen."
Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash
their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The
egg
farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a
higher price
than they were selling eggs for.
Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a
while.
And them chickens kept on laying.
Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing
away
eggs they couldn't sell.. The distributors started buying again because
the
eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the
lower
price.
And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.
Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.
What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled
to the
pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers
wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The
tank farms
wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the
refining
plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge
tankers
coming from the Middle East.
Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to
stop for
gas twice a week but, the price should come down.
Think about it.
As an added note..When I buy $10.00 worth of gas,that leaves my tank a
little
under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for
$2.65
a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your
tank
full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not
understand
the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy
cheaper
gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.
Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no
bread,
milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money
than
what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may
not see
this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them out
where you
buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting them on
windshields
at the mall.