| Comment Number: | 522418-06624 |
| Received: | 7/6/2006 10:09:11 PM |
| Organization: | WeCare Healthy Living Solutions |
| Commenter: | Guenter Sommer |
| State: | FL |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
| Attachment: | 522418-06624.pdf Download Adobe Reader |
Comments:
Federal Trade Commission/Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex W) July 6, 2006 Re: Business Opportunity Rule, R511993 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 RE: Business Opportunity Rule, R511993 Dear Sir or Madam: I am writing this letter because I am concerned about the proposed Business Opportunity Rule R511993. I believe that in its presented form, it could prevent me from continuing as a Distributor in WeCare Healthy Living Solutions and destroy my small business. I have been an Independent Distributor offering Ecoquest products through WeCare HLS for more than three (3) years. Originally, I started my Network Marketing because of the superior products offered by Ecoquest International, I loved them, and wanted to earn some additional money. Now my family depends on this extra income to supplement our budget. Please don’t destroy my small business. We need it! Some of the sections in the proposed rule would make it hard or almost impossible for me to sell my products (and – or services). One of the most difficult sections of the proposed rule is the seven day waiting period to enroll a new Distributor through WeCare HLS. This waiting period will give the public the idea that there’s something wrong with me or our plan and also reflects badly on me. I also think this seven-day waiting period is unnecessary, because WeCare HLS already has a 100% buyback policy for all undamaged, unaltered products including sales kits purchased by a salesperson. Federal Trade Commission/Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex W) page 2 The WeCare HLS (EcoQuest International) sales kit only costs $35.00 and affords the new Distributor an entry-level opportunity to build their own independent home based business. People buy TVs, cars, and other items that cost much more than that and they don’t have to wait seven-days. Under this waiting period requirement, I will need to keep very detailed records when I first speak to someone as a prospect and will then have to maintain these reports and then very likely also forward these same reports to my supplier, Ecoquest International. I am a small home based business and these new proposed requirements will only serve to add additional burden, hurt, or destroy my business. This proposed rule is bad. Finally, the proposed rule requires the disclosure of a minimum of 10 prior purchasers nearest to the prospective purchaser. I am glad to provide references, but in this day of identity theft, I am very uncomfortable giving out the personal information of individuals (without their approval) to strangers. Women in my organization may be subject to sexual or racial harassment so this part can’t go in at all, unless the FTC passes an addition to this rule Prohibiting sexual or racial attacks related to this disclosure. In the end the rule must bind the FTC to take direct enforcement action on sexual and racial attacks with a special unit assigned to monitor actions related to the disclosure forms. I have seen many scams on the Internet and been approached by various individuals / crooks because of my successes. This rule will do nothing to stop them. They hurt my business! This rule will not stop Crooks – they violate the current rule all the time. But I am a good American citizen and it will hurt me. Thank you and please help me. Sincerely, Guenter Sommer