| Comment Number: | 522418-04335 |
| Received: | 6/26/2006 3:51:13 PM |
| Organization: | NARDONE/MELILLO/DURSO/SIMEONE/SOTO |
| Commenter: | OSCAR SOTO |
| State: | NY |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
DEAR MR OR MRS - DUE TO THE LIMIT OF CHARACTERS I'LL GET RIGHT TO THE POINT. IM A NYC/EMT AND I'VE BEEN AN IBO SINCE 1991; AT THAT TIME I WAS SATISFIED TO THE WAY I WAS PROSPECTED AND ALSO SATISFY WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATOIN GIVEN SO HAVING TO WAIT 7 DAYS BEFORE YOU CAN SIGN UP ITS NOT A GOOD IDEA ONE KNOWS WHEN ONES SEES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WANTS TO JUMP TO IT RIGHT AWAY, BESIDES YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED NOTHING TO LOSE. 2) GIVEN THE NAMES OF OTHER IBOS AROUND MY AREA IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR 2 REASONS A) AS IN MY MEDICAL PRACTICE THERES HIPPA TO PROTECT PRIVACY OF A PATIENT IN THIS CASE OTHER IBOS MIGHT NOT WANT TO HAVE THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES GIVEN OUT TO ANYONE ( MOST PROSPECTS ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE STRANGERS) AND B) IF I DID THE WORK IN CONTACTING THE PERSON TAKING TIME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY TO HELP THIS PROSPECT UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY IF I GIVE THEM THE NAME OF OTHER IBOS THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN MY PROSPECT UP AFTER I DID ALL THE WORK. DO YOU REMEMBER THE PERSON WHO SUED McDONALDS BECAUSE THE COFFEE IS HOT AND BETTER BECAUSE I GOT FAT IT WAS THEIR FAULT JUST LIKE THE INTERNET ANYONE CAN MAKE AN ALLIGATION NO MATTER HOW FALSE IT IS, IS IT FAIR TO PRESENT TO PEOPLE FALSE OR FRAUDALENT ALLIGATIONS THAT HAVE NO BASE?? WE'RE BETTER OFF PRESENT HOW WE CAN CHANGE THEIR FINANCIAL PICTURE AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE NO BEARING IN THEIR LIVES. TO DISCLOSE MY IMCOME IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT BECAUSE I DONT ASK MY PROSPECTS FOR THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENT; FOR THE LONGEST TIME IN OUR LITERATURE WE HAVE A DISCLOSURE OF AVERAGES OF IMCOME. FOR YEARS THE FTC UNFAIRNNESS TO ELIMINATE THAT AVG IMCOME STATMENT OF OUR LITERATURE HAS BEEN A FAILURE YOU SEE YOU INCLUDE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP AND DONT DO ANYTHING AT ALL VS PEOPLE LIKE MY WIFE AND MYSELF THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING AND REACHED NICE IMCOME LEVELS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE BECOME FINANCIALLLY INDEPENDENT ( SUCCESS MAGAZINE JUNE 2006 ISSUE) JUST PICK IT UP. THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. AGAIN IBOS SHOULD HAVE PROOF OF ANY CLAIMS ONE MAKES ABOUT INCOME EARNED BUT SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THEM UNLESS AN INVESTIGATION BY FTC AND OR OTHER GOVERMENTAL AGENCIES REQUIRE TO DO SO. ONCE AGAIN I BECAUSE OF THE BRIEFNESS OF MY STATEMENTS I CANT ELABORATE BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO IF ASKED I WOULD BE MORE DETAILED. THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS CHANGED MY LIFE PERSONALLY AND FINANCIALLY IM VERY GLAD THAT THE FTC WILL SEPARATE US FROM THE BOGUS BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT THERE ONLY TO TAKE HARD WORKING PEOPLE MONEY AND NOT HELP THEM TO EARN MORE. AFTER 9/11 THIS WAS THE ONLY OUTLET FOR MY SANITY AND I LOVE HELPING PEOPLE HELPING THEMSELVES AND I WONT HEAR MORONIC STATEMENTS SUCH AS WE'RE A SCAM OR ETC ETC. OPPORTUNISTIC AND IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALISTICS REPORTS SUCH AS THE ONE NBC, STORM PHILLIPS, PORTRAYED US AS LIARS AND CULT LIKE BUSINESS. NEGATIVE NEWS AND A FEW VERY FEW DISHONEST IBOS WERE PORTRAYED ON PRIMTIME OF COURSE BAD NEWS SELLS, RATINGS SELL; NO ONE WILL TUNE IN IF U HEAR AN ACCOUNTANT IN MIDTONW MANHATTAN RETIRED AT 34 BECAUSE OF QUIXTAR, OR A MD RETIRED EARLY BECAUSE OF QUIXTAR, OR A YOUNG MAN RETIRED AT 21, 23 ALL THESE ARE EXAMPLES THAT HAVE HAPPENED BUT BECUASE OF THE ABSORDITY OF THE AGES NO ONES BELIEVES IT , IT GETS LABEL A SCAM. PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE 2 YOUNG 20 YEAR OLDS GET RICH WITH A SITE CALLED GOOGLE NO ONE QUESTIONS THAT. ALL THOSE PROPOSALS ARE GOOD TO SEPARATE US FROM SCAMMERS BUT THEY HAVE TO BE MODERATED OR ALTERED BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO DO THE WORK AND HAVE SOMEONE ELSE GET THE REWARDS THATS LIKE GOING TO COLLEGE 4 YEARS DOING THE STUDYING AND PASSING OF TESTS AND SOMEONE ELSE SHOWS UP FOR YOUR GRADUATION. THIS IS INDUSTRY IS NOT PERFECT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER YOU HAVE JERKS, LIARS IN ANY OTHER BUSINESSES AND CAREERS BUT DONT BLAME THE CORPORATION EX MARTHA STEWARD, ENRON BLAME THE PERSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION SO WE CAN KEEP ON HELPING PEOPLE.