The Whole World Loves The 76 Ball
Here’s a big blue and orange THANKS to Chris Vallance of the BBC, whose delightful story titled "Can we have our balls back, please?" sent 30,000 visitors to this website yesterday, and hundreds of international signers to the petition.
The consensus of the comments received yesterday: The 76 Ball is a classic beloved by all who see it, and folks don’t want it to be removed. They are willing to vote at the pump if ConocoPhillips doesn’t step back from this rebranding effort and stick with the best gas station signage they’ll ever have.
Other reporters have become interested in this story. Yesterday I spoke with jounalists from the Daily Telegraph and the Los Angeles Business Journal. And the BBC story inspired a short blurb on the UPI newswire.
And for those of you who’d like to wear your support of the 76 Ball on your chest or bookbag, our staff artist Phil Goldwhite has created three spiffy, and affordable, designs now available in our CafePress shop. May I recommend a nice "Don’t Let Them Take Our Balls" fridge magnet or a setting ball mousepad?
Everyone who visits this site has the power to help Save the 76 Ball. Sign the petition and call or email ConocoPhillips. Tell your friends. Print out the convenient "keep the ball!" cards to hand to your local 76 gas station. Together we can stop false progress and protect our beloved sphere.
March 1, 2006 @ 4:44 am
It’s not just the orange ball that I’m worried about, its the whole standards and service. Union 76 stations were clean and well maintained.
The trucks were so clean, you would think they were delivering milk.
I drove across the country in 2004 and I can tell you that the Phillips
66 stations were pigstys. The decision to change the ball from orange to red (????) are the same kind of corporate dodos who’ve wrecked every company from GM to Kmart.