| Comment Number: | 522418-07328 |
| Received: | 7/10/2006 2:19:03 PM |
| Organization: | Goji Promise |
| Commenter: | Marilyn Slauter |
| State: | MO |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
Federal Trade Commission/Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex W) Re: Business Opportunity Rule, R511993 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 RE: Business Opportunity Rule, R511993 Dear FTA: I left teaching after 20 years because of my concern for the special students in my charge. I could not tell parents of the need to give their children high quality vitamin supplements or eliminate the poisons and toxins that they absorbed into their little bodies through shampoos and soaps they used every day. I participated in a talk show on radio for 3 years, informing parents of the need to supply their children and grandchildren with top quality products. We have numerous testimonies of parents who have successfully used these products and have actually shown significant help to children who are ADD or ADHD. I have been involved in the direct selling industry for 20 years because I feel that I can get better quality products from these specialty companies. I have developed a significant business and count on the check I receive from residual sales each month. I have been able to develop great confidence as a public speaker and assist others to do the same. I know that this would not have been possible without my home based business experience. Our company, FreeLife International, is owned by a Yale U attorney of great integrity. We are being punished by the proposed law that would make my business so much harder to do. Many MLM companies only intend to be around for a couple of years and run off, leaving their distributors high and dry. Why not make it harder to start a business instead of penalizing those of us whose companies are companies of great integrity. You are going to make my business so much harder to do and the crooks won’t care. They will just find a way around the rules and continue their rip off schemes. This bill will generate tons of paper that legitimate small home businesses will have to deal with, and by insisting that we have a disclosure form signing then a Seven-Day Waiting Period will make my new business partners think that my business is a scam which it is not. This will cause unnecessary delays for people who are trying very hard to provide good products to others. Litigation Reporting seems very unfair as they do not distinguish between Civil and Criminal cases to general public. It also does not distinguish between winning and losing lawsuits Requirement for 10 References in an area is totally unrealistic. I do not want my customers and market executives to be recognized easily by those who could use the information to take those customers away from me. I work very hard to build my business and I feel that this will add huge disadvantage for me as I continue my effort to share excellent products. It is also totally impractical there may not be 10 people in a small town or county My mother is in a nursing care facility and I can’t get any information about her without written consent and yet you want me to share private information about my business that will allow irreparable people to steal my business. Does the FTC plan to set up a liability fund to reimburse harmed distributors? Many or my customers are women and this could make them vulnerable to rape and other crimes of passion The FTC’s Goals are noble, but there are millions of good prospects in the U.S. but how about more enforcement of laws on the books to stop Crooks from stealing them from good hardworking MLM Distributors? I feel that the FTC’s proposed rule would unfairly target legitimate direct selling businesses. Please reconsider your law. It is a good idea to stop crooks but not by targeting legitimate businesses in 10 year old companies that have proven to be reputable. Sincerely, Dr. Ed and Marilyn Slauter