| Comment Number: | 522418-01947 |
| Received: | 6/12/2006 10:49:02 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | cecy Lincoln |
| State: | VT |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
Dear FTC folks & Mr. Lee Peeler, I am writing in regards to the proposed Business Opportunity Rule R511993. I appreciate the fact that the FTC is attempting to protect American consumers from fraudulent direct selling companies. However, R511993, in its present form, unfairly targets many legitimate direct selling businesses that also exist. One of those companies is Nature Sunshine. This company should be your model for how direct selling companies SHOULD operate. From NS extremely high quality product production to overall business practices, the company displays what IS right about direct selling companies. There is no substitute for me and my family for the personal knowledge and confirmation of knowing just how and where our product purchases are made and processed. Something that cannot be said for most things we buy today! The seven day waiting period you are proposing will create unnecessary delays, giving the impression that something is wrong with the products. People buy TV's, cars and other much more costly items without such a waiting period. I strongly urge the FTC to overhaul R511993 because as it is now, you are throwing the baby out with the bathwater! I also strongly suggest that a member of the FTC personally visit the headquarters of The Nature Sunshine Company to learn firsthand what is RIGHT with most direct selling companies and work with them personally to help eliminate the unethical companies that have given this type of free enterprise a bad name. Thank you for listening. Sincerely, Cecy Lincoln