| Comment Number: | 522418-07393 |
| Received: | 7/10/2006 6:09:32 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Beth Carlson |
| State: | LA |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
June 10, 2006 Federal Trade Commision/ Office of Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex W) 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 Re: Business Opportunity Rule, R511993 Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing this letter because of my recent concern about the proposed Business Opportunity Rule R511993. This rule threatens to damage my business as a Nature’s Sunshine distributor in so many ways. The government should not interfere in the free enterprise process of America. One of my rights as an American citizen is to carry on a business without discrimination. I believe the public will not benefit by the FTC’s overregulation of an industry that is careful to cater to it’s customers. As a Nature’s Sunshine distributor I can attest to the fact that they buy back merchandise that is damages, or altered by shipping in anyway. They make it easy for people to exit the company if the business does not work well for the individual. I understand that the FTC needs to protect the public. But this proposed rule is really overboard. The seven-day waiting period is unnecessary. It would make the customer think negatively about the business because of the duration of the wait. We are a business that seeks to aide the public and offer services in a convenient and time efficient way. In addition to this, it would be much easier to lose paperwork in the process. It really just makes the record keeping process considerably more difficult. The litigation reporting is unfair in that it would not state the winning and losing components of the lawsuit. It would only cause misleading skepticism. When I am considering major interaction with a company I call the establishments that can give me the information I need regarding the company’s track record. That is a decision I make. It is not something that should be forced upon the company in which I am interacting. That is my choice as a responsible business woman. Again, I understand and appreciate the FTC’s goals because there may be people who are going around the system and hurting the general public, but the proposed rule would involve legitimate direct selling businesses as well. That is not fair. I believe the proposed new rule could avoid all of these unintended consequences by a less arduous approach. Thank you so much for your time and consideration. Sincerely Yours, Beth Carlson