| Comment Number: | 522418-02546 |
| Received: | 6/16/2006 8:23:10 AM |
| Organization: | Watkins and Xango |
| Commenter: | Kraimer |
| State: | MN |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
Being a stay at home mom, and a distributor of Both Watkins and Xango, this proposed Business Opportunity Rule would be unfair. These opportunities as they stand now have been a benefit to my family in so many ways. They have allowed me to stay at home and raise our child, while contributing to the family financially. I understand the need to protect the legitimate direct selling companies but some of the aspects of this new rule would not let me continue. I feel the 7 day waiting period is impractical, creates unnecessary delays, and makes record keeping and administrative problems for all involved. One of the reasons we decided as a family to get involved with these two companies was the small start up fee. We were not sure that this was something we would be interested in, or good at for that matter. As it turns out, this has been just the opportunity we were looking for. I understand that this new rule is in theory designed to protect the public from scams and unlawful business. I know that the legitimate companies such as Watkins and Xango do and will continue to provide accurate data to the government to substantiate the practice of it's distributors, as well as the distributors themselves. Since Watkins inception in 1868, the moto has been to bring quality products to the home at a reasonable price, both for product as well as in distributorship. Xango's philosophy is the same. I feel that there is good intention behind this rule, but as written now will have a devistating impact on the direct sales industry. Thank You. Sincerely, Mrs. C. Kraimer