| Comment Number: | 522418-07893 |
| Received: | 7/11/2006 11:20:30 PM |
| Organization: | Robbinspring Enterprises |
| Commenter: | Barbara Robbins |
| State: | MI |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
Michigan July 11, 2006 RE: Business Opportunity Rule, RS11993 From the podium, our business sponsors saw the State Police lead me from the auditorium. When they came offstage, Dave and Barb learned our home was on fire. Immediately, they drove 1-1/2 hours to check on us – then 85 miles to their home, loaded up, and returned at 3:00 AM with basics for our young family of six. My husband Dan was out of town, being nominated as president of the nation’s largest conservation group. Soon after, his daily-job boss said: ''I don’t care if it is a Holiday. You will work this week-end.'' What a difference in attitudes we felt, when our sponsors and others who helped us develop this business commended Dan for his environmental organizations’ leadership successes. These people also encouraged us as we grew and began earning an income that rivaled Dan’s paycheck. Since before 1970, as Independent Business Owners, we built a business of which we were very proud. When our sponsor Dave first showed Dan the potential of this business, Dan registered us immediately, remembering well the wonderful satisfaction guarantee. He brought home detailed descriptions of my beloved products – we were distributors before, using and selling products 7 years earlier, without having attended any large meeting to understand the full opportunity. Therefore, the business presentation materials we used ever since include this statement of our personal experience: ''There are 10 different ways to earn income in this business. So far, we have benefited from four of them. We have had the privilege of presenting thousands of dollars in bonuses earned by Independent Business Owners we sponsored.'' Everyone to whom we show the plan receives the current official SA-4400 business overview prepared by Quixtar Corporation. Now, I take a prospect with me to a seminar, to take notes for me because I am deaf. My hearing aids help, except for details. Dan and I ''retired'' to Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula. After Dan had a stroke and heart attack at his ''part-time-job,'' our sponsor Dave drove 10 hours each way to our home to help Dan continue to enjoy deer hunting two more seasons, until Dan died. Dave and Barb mean more to me than any ''boss.'' Does that begin to explain why I choose to continue sharing this opportunity? We used to say we were building a business our family could inherit, without realizing I would need to ''inherit'' it myself. I am fortunate to have this business that I can continue managing, as I did the previous 36 years. A deaf 70-year-old widow, I could not have assumed my husband’s Chamber of Commerce Executive Director position to make a living. And I continue to have time and dollars for serving outdoor-education and -accessibility concepts we helped found. Now, I create new goals: building my church, business, and sign language skills to serve other nations, as well. Sincerely, Mrs. Robbins