| Comment Number: | 522418-05008 |
| Received: | 6/29/2006 8:15:29 AM |
| Organization: | QUIXTAR |
| Commenter: | MARTHA BRADSHAW |
| State: | NC |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS. THEY ARE NOT FAIR TO HONEST INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WORK WITH LEGITIMATE CORPORATIONS. WE HAVE HAD AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FOR OVER 28 YEARS. THESE NEW REGULATIONS WOULD HURT OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. QUIXTAR HAS A RULES AND EHTICS COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES CHALLENGES THAT MAY COME UP. THEY OPERATE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE FTC. WE HAVE OPERATED OUR BUSINESS IN AN HONEST AND LEGAL WAY FOR MANY YEARS. IF THERE ARE CORPORATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN AN HONEST AND LEGAL WAY, THEN GO AFTER THEM. DO NOT PUNISH THE WHOLE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS GROUP FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF A FEW. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONTRIBUTES TO THE ECONOMY IN A POSITIVE WAY. QUIXTAR (AMWAY) HAS A LONG TRACK RECORD OF DOING BUSINESS PROPERLY. THEY CONTRIBUTE AS A CORPORATION TO MANY GREAT CAUSES AND RECOVERIES (FROM STORMS, EASTER SEALS, ETC). THEY ARE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE CORPORATION AND MANY OF US HAVE PARTICIPATED. IT IS NOT FAIR TO PUNISH ALL INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNERS FOR THE UNETHICAL OR ILLEGAL PRACTICES OF A FEW. ADDRESS THEM AND LET US OPERATE OUR LEGITIMATE BUSINESS FROM A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. STEVE VAN ANDEL HAS SERVED ON THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS A RESPECTED MEMBER. QUIXTAR HAS ALWAYS DONE ITS PART TO ENSURE HONEST BUSINESS PRACTICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. IT APPEARS THAT THIS TYPE OF REGULATION COULD CARRY OVER TO BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO POST ON THEIR DOORS ALL OF THE NEW REGULATIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNERS. IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF PEOPLE HAD TO HAVE ALL OF THE PROPOSED INFORMATION BEFORE THEY COULD ENTER A STORE. MOST STORES HAVE ONLINE BUSINESSES SO THEY COULD CONCEIVABLY BE REQUIRED TO PRESENT THE NEW REGULATIONS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. WHEN WOULD IT END? DO NOT MAKE THESE NEW REGULATIONS LAW. THEY ARE NOT FAIR. NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TO HIDE. GO GET THE PEOPLE OR CORPORATIONS WHO ARE CAUSING THE CHALLENGE AND LET HONEST INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNERS OPERATE A BUSINESS THAT WORKS. THANK YOU. MARTHA BRADSHAW