| Comment Number: | 522418-02236 |
| Received: | 6/15/2006 12:07:52 AM |
| Organization: | Independent Xango Distributor |
| Commenter: | James Faris |
| State: | MA |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
I joined Xango for 2 reasons, I wanted to share an incredible product with people that could benefit from it, and I wanted to provide a work option to folks that may not be in the best employment situation. I do not believe that more government regulations will solve anything. The more requirements the government demands, the harder it is for legitimate businesses to thrive. Those that intend to defraud people will continue. If companies are acting illeagally now, enforce the laws, do not make new laws in hopes that if we just keep making it harder, the bad people will stop. The fewer constrains, the closer to freedom and the true spirit of America for those of us wishing to build a better future. I am for enforcing the current laws and doing all that we can to remove the negitave element from the MLM world. This way people can look at what I have to offer and make a choice to start right away. Not 7 days from now, this is not buying a gun is choosing to buy a juice and the right to profit from re-selling that juice. There are plenty of "not so smart people" out there, and it would be nice if we could write a law that would protect them. But that would require dumb people to register as... well, a dumb person. Who is going to do that? My personal business of selling Xango has nothing to do with geography. We live and function in a global world, I plan on selling not only in many different area codes, I plan on selling in many different countries. There is no way to know the location of the 10 nearest existing sales people since we use our home address to sign up and my sales area is about 5,371,933.224,940,500 square feet around my house. Then there is the problem of ID theft. My wife is in the military and many of our freinds have recently had their VA records stolen. I don't ever want to be responsible for one of my people's records being misused. having such a large database of distributors and having to give so much access to it for down right silly reasons is just plain dumb (see paragrah 4 to sign up) Now the section about franchises. This sounds like good idea being implemented the wrong way. Instead, we should set up minumum aceptable stadards and for the companies that achive that standard, reward them with a certification, like and ISO certificate. Reward those that are valid and doing good for this industry, this country and our people. (notify the dumb people not to buy anything without the certificate, see paragraph 4) I really do understand the reason behind this proposed action, for years I researched the MLM field trying to get my mind around it, trying to find a way to make a lot of money without doing harm to someone else. Most things that I found ARE things that mislead people, but there are some great opportunities out there. I found one that promotes health and provides a real opportunity to make a great living. I'm just starting with Xango. I spent 30 days checking out the product and the business. Now I'm ready to do it as a business. I signed up a few folks and got a check for a whopping $58.00. One signed up because of the business opportunity, he has run several business over the years and is thrilled that there is an MLM that he can feel good about. The other is just doing it for his health. He knows the fruit from his youth over seas. He owns a resturant and wants to share this heathy juice with his customers.If he decides that he is healthy enough, or if he dies (he is very old) will I now have to report him as a failed franchise? Everyone talks about "95% of new businesses fail in the first year and 95% of the ones that make it to the 2nd year fail." People are always presented with the odds against success. But the idea that i can only succeed if my people succeed, and they can only succeed if their people succeed and so on. This builds community, trust, a strong work ethic, and pride. These are the American values that I teach my son. Please, no new laws. Thank you, Jim Faris