Comment Number: 522418-02971
Received: 6/16/2006 7:19:52 PM
Organization: PartyLite
Commenter: Rebecca Monckton
State: OR
Subject: Business Opportunity Rule
Title: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
CFR Citation: 16 CFR Part 437
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Comments:

I greatly appreciate your desire to make soliciting people to start up a home business more ethical. I think that requiring a waiting period and references is not too much to expect of someone promoting their business, and who is asking people to produce money to join. I think this will greatly decrease the number of ongoing scams. Being required to wait will help a potential victim think things through more clearly before rushing into something because of emotional hooks; and, hopefully, will encourage them to seek advice. If a business opportunity is a good one, and someone is truly interested, I believe that waiting a week and looking into the business more fully will only encourage and strengthen their interest. As a PartyLite consultant, I do not believe that it is too much to expect of me to give an interested party a week to consider the opportunity, and to provide references to give the person other opinions and experiences beyond my own to base their decision on.