| Comment Number: | 522418-03879 |
| Received: | 6/22/2006 7:54:12 PM |
| Organization: | FreeLife |
| Commenter: | Bonita Breining |
| State: | Not in the US |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
4. Disclosure of all "Legal Actions" for past 10 years, regardless of relevancy, outcome or merit. This proposed rule would require me to disclose all legal actions regardless of outcome over the past ten years. That would include civil court cases and arbitrations, all governmental actions including criminal matters, and administrative law actions, including cease and desist orders or assurances of voluntary compliance. It also could mean any legal proceedings potentially unrelated to the business or any that were dropped or favorably resolved. As a simple business owner, I hope I never have any legal actions against me. But in this day and age where anyone can sue anyone for anything, I can imagine it happening to an honest business person like myself. So instead of being “innocent until proven guilty” of anything, I’d have to publish that I’m being accused? 5. Disclosure of cancellation or refund policy, the total number of oral or written cancellation or refund requests, over the prior two years, regardless of whether or not the request was proper. Please understand how our business works. We enroll a lot of people who try the product or work the business opportunity. For many, it is a godsend. For some, it doesn’t quite fit, so they cancel and can get their money back. It’s that simple. However, since we are an international company, those numbers of people who cancel can grow into thousands. So, providing such statistics would be an impossible burden on me or anyone who works a legitimate business like ours. So, for this and many other reasons, I urge you to vote against this incredibly restrictive proposal that would dampen, if not crush the American dream it offers people like me. Please vote to leave our American freedoms intact. Sincerely,