| Comment Number: | 522418-00425 |
| Received: | 6/1/2006 10:11:05 PM |
| Organization: | Nature's Path Health & Education Center |
| Commenter: | Janet DeVoogd |
| State: | MI |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
June 1, 2006 Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing this letter because I am concerned that if proposed Business Opportunity Rule R511993 is adopted in its present form, My Nature’s Sunshine business will be significantly reduced. I have been able to work at home 3 days a week and the extra income has helped our family adopt 2 beautiful girls from Mexico. I am proud to be an American who enjoys the rights of free enterprise and the freedom to join any marketing company that they choose. If a client chooses to exit the company that I am representing they have no strings attachedand can leave at any time. In the past 8 years I have never heard of a complaint by any client concerning the fact that they were trapped in the marketing scheme. The seven-day waiting period is unnecessary and will interfere with my ability to enter into lawful transactions and enroll new distributors. My clients want it now and will not be willing to wait 7 days. They will go elsewhere for help and I will lose business. People buy TV's, cars, and other much more costly items without such a waiting period. This proposed waiting period gives the impression that something is wrong with the plan. For small businesses such as myself. I cannot afford to hire another person to do the mountain of paperwork that this Rule would require and it would also cause my clients to distrust me due to the waiver that they have to sign. While I appreciate the work of the FTC in protecting consumers, I urge you to reconsider this rule and create something more client and consumer friendly. Thank you for your time in considering my comments. Sincerely yours, Janet DeVoogd, NTE