| Comment Number: | 522418-03962 |
| Received: | 6/23/2006 4:12:16 PM |
| Organization: | PartyLite Gifts, Inc. |
| Commenter: | Tamara Kraus |
| State: | FL |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
Dear FTC Member, I am writing to ask that you reconsider some of the requirements you are proposing to regulate the direct sales industry. I am a PROUD PartyLite Consultant that got involved in this business 1 year ago. I began my PartyLite business for the flexability to be with my 3 children, while still managing to keep an income coming in. My PartyLite Business has given me a lot more quality family time together and my children are NO longer in daycare after school. I am able to be home with them to do homework, get dinner ready and not have to miss any of their extra carricular activities. The proposals you are suggesting would make my business more difficult and could impact my income. Specifically, in terms of the references requirement, I would never feel comfortable providing the personal contact information of other people in PartyLite, nor would I want my own personal information given out freely. I feel good about sharing PartyLite's very real business opprtunity with others, and want to continue to easily introduce PartyLite to more people who could benifit as I have. The regulations you are proposing would hinder me from doing so - and would hinder others in starting their own business in the timeframe they choose. Please know that I am thankful we have the FTC working to protect average consumers like me, but in this case, you will be working against me, impacting my income, my future and my family's future. Please reconsider the regulations you are proposing. Respectfully Yours, Tamara Kraus