| Comment Number: | 522418-04814 |
| Received: | 6/28/2006 2:02:39 PM |
| Organization: | Quixtar |
| Commenter: | Sarah Decker |
| State: | VA |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
The new proposals of the FTC for home businesses seem well thought but unfortunately hurtful to many of those building legitimate home-based businesses. I have been a Quixtar affiliated IBO for 3 years. My husband and I build our business together and it is the only thing we want to do with our lives. We've had much such success in our lives because of our business. We've always used the FTC as a guiding force for growth and have never disguised any information for prospects. Mandatory references to past litigations for the last 10 years is a rule that would unfortunately not be followed by "bad" businesses and business owners, but hurt the thriving Quixtar business, a business that has changed the economy, increased family values and morals, and has increased patriotism. Law suits have ensued without merit. Often time the litigation is due to a faulty business owner and not the Quixtar name. Unfortunately in a business of people, people can become a liability. Don't let a bad apple spoil the bunch by taking the faults of those who have made bad decisions and creating them as an example for the millions of other Quixtar affiliates who have done well to maintain integrity and accountability. Noting frivolous litigation would not only hurt the Quixtar business owners but the American economy in general. Quixtar IBO's always disclose the FTC website as a valuable and reputable source of information for prospects. In lieu of providing financial documents to substantiate income claims, that rule would violate the privacy rights of individuals and particularly hurts new IBO's seeking network expansion who have little incomes to claim. I find this to be a careless rule that can negatively impact IBO's. Documents containing claims for "average monthly gross income" or otherwise should substantial. Besides, what does giving up one's privacy to their own income have to do with another person's success. In the Quixtar business, affiliate business owners can reach income that far surpass any of their sponsors or associates. The opposite is true as well, very successful IBO's with high income to show in documents may sponsor a person who losses ambition and makes not even a fraction of the documents that substantiated the income claim. The right to privacy is also being infringed upon when requiring 10 references prior to registration. As a great American force, the FTC should protect the rights of individuals through regulation enforcement and not through infringement. I know that protecting citizens is the reason for the FTC, as such, this rule should be looked upon and not upheld. Thanks for all your help. The FTC truly has been and will continue to be valuable to businesses and consumers. Please continue to help both these groups alike by eliminating these 3 important issues among your changes for home-based businesses. Sincerely, Sarah Decker