| Comment Number: | 522418-01205 |
| Received: | 6/6/2006 10:53:36 PM |
| Organization: | Deb's Health Den |
| Commenter: | Debra Hatten |
| State: | OH |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
I am in the direct selling business as a Nature's Sunshine Independent Distributor and have been for 20 yrs. I love to be my own boss and build my successline by signing up others to do the same. Being in the natural health industry and having my own business I have been able to financially help my family out in many areas such as college tuition:(put 3 kids through college),help pay extra bills, and utility bills. In the past 20 years I have gained more confidence in myself,dealing with people has been an inspiration and rewarding and I have learned so much from the clientell I have. The public is not well served by the FTC's over regulation of an industry causing absolutely no harm and more than adequately policies itself with any and all complaints by members of the public. Nature's Sunshine has an all buy back requirements and always makes it easy for anyone to exit the company, if the business oportunity is not right for them. I understand the FTC needs to protect the public where necessary, but this proposed rule is hopelessly overbroad and misguided. The seven-day waiting period is unnecessary and will interfere with my ability to enter into lawful transactions and enroll new distributors. People buy TV's, cars, and other much more costly itms without such a waiting perod. This proposed waiting period gives the impression that something is wrong with the plan. And, the burdensome paperwork, which will not even be read by the public, makes it extremely difficult for the individual participant to fully comply, thereby risking fines and other penalties for such failures however innocent. By these actions, the FTC does a disservice to the cosuming public and Americans everywhere who are trying to get ahead by starting their own business, or earning necessary supplemental income to help support their family. While I appreciate the work of the FTC in protecting consumers, I believe the proposed new rule has many unintended consequences that could be avoided by a less burdensome approach. After dealing with people for 20 years, I know that these proposed rules would put a damper on my business and harder to get others to join the direct selling business. I truly enjoy what I do and I would like you to consider these comments with an open mind and put yourself in our place. Thank you for your time in considering my comments. Debra Hatten