| Comment Number: | 522418-11695 |
| Received: | 7/17/2006 2:34:56 PM |
| Organization: | Gerda Fisher |
| Commenter: | Gerda Fisher |
| State: | OR |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
Business Opportunity Rule,R511993 Please know I appreciate the concerns of the FTC, but it is obvious to me that this rule can do great business and financial harm to legitimate business owners like myself. I have been a independent distributor in XanGo since Feb 2006, but have belonged to two other MLM's in the past. To my knowlege I have not had any returns, even though each person who purchases knows that XanGo has a 30-day money back guarantee. To ask people to wait for seven days before signing the contract to become a distributor is ludicrous. How can anyone build their business? What if every place you bought anything asked you to wait seven days before you could complete the transaction? Any new distributor in XanGo pays only $35 to become a distributor. They can give up their distributorship without penalty. Most of my distributors and customers do not live near me. All their purchases from XanGo are sent to them directly. People are already reluctant to give their personal information because of confidentiality, imagine how this will add to their concern if they think they will be contacted by people they don't know and be asked questions about their business. XanGo requests that we do not make any earnings claims, because every distributor has different emotional and financial resources that they bring to their business. What I do to build my business may not be what their interest or ability is. In litigation it is extremely important to know the outcome of the litigation. This is a suit-happy society, people look for ways to bring suit and hopefully get a settlement whether or not the case was resolved in their favor. Please separate legitimate MLM business from the dishonest. Do not close the door on those of us who share a legitimate and successful product. The FTC needs to focus on MLM deceptive and fraudulant companies before they begin soliciting people into their business. This is where the focus and penalty must begin now. This is where the trap needs to be set before they can ever begin their scams! Thank you, Gerda Fisher XanGo Independent Distributor