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This...Is...Cool? Fuel Tribe.
So I randomly got this email/press release yesterday;
I'm not really sure what to think about it...but, I figured it was interesting, so I'd pass it along. Seems like a "stick it to the man" type of movement with the gas industry.
One of those "brothers and sisters...are you with me!?" things. It's a fight against gas prices. You can go on the website and sign up...if you wanted to. I didn't, but you could...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 22, 2009
Canadian Consumers Fed Up With Prices at the Pump are Fighting Back With FuelTribe
June 15 - FuelTribe launches Canada's first and only gasoline buyers group, enabling consumers to join forces to battle unfair gas prices.
www.FuelTribe.ca is the product of ordinary working people, who grew frustrated by their lack of buying power with fuel vendors. They realized that as long as they are treated individually by fuel vendors, they have little or no influence over the price of gasoline.
They believe that, if they were to approach a gasoline vendor as a group, their influence could not be ignored. "FuelTribe.ca allows consumers to use their collective buying power to negotiate a price reduction in their gasoline purchase" said Morgan Archer, FuelTribe's Membership Director. "The initial response has been overwhelming. After launching earlier this month, we have surpassed $5.2 Million Dollars in annual buying power."
Using annual buying power as leverage, FuelTribe will represent members interests by negotiating a reasonable discount at the pump. There is no cost to register.
ABOUT FUELTRIBE INC.
FuelTribe.ca is Canada's first and only online gasoline buyers group formed by people frustrated by the volatility and unreasonableness of fuel prices. It is not affiliated with any gasoline vendors.
