| Comment Number: | 522418-07044 |
| Received: | 7/8/2006 7:56:04 PM |
| Organization: | Quixtar |
| Commenter: | Frances Halter |
| State: | TX |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
I have been enrolled in Quixtar since it’s beginning and before that Amway since 1974. I am a retired teacher and depend on this business for my living. Please do not pass these rules as they would damage my business. First the waiting of 7 days is not relevant because with Quixtar they get all their money back if they change their mind. This rule would deprive the new IBO from getting his business up and moving in a timely manner. Secondly is the rule to provide a list of references of other IBOs in my area. This is not a good plan, because my organization is my business and I would not want others not in my business to have my list. It would be like asking a dentist to give his clients names & addessses to other dentists in the area. Therefore eliminate the requirement to provide 10 other references. In all my years, if I offer the business to someone, they either want to get in the Quixtar business with me or they don’t, but it has never been the case where anyone has felt cheated or not told the truth. Now the rule where we disclose past law suits.It is true that anybody can sue anybody and it certainly doesn’t make the complaint true. This would put a hardship on my business. I would absolutely hate handing out something so negative when it is not relevant to the kind of facts regarding their opportunity for success or failure in my business. I tell them the success I’ve had, but I also let them know the downside...the only one is that they have to take a certain amount of rejection, but it is worth it. Now to my final concern.........I never tell my prospects what amount of money I make in the business. It is my business, and the idea that I’d be required to show them my private tax information is wrong, and very unfair. I show them the average IBO income as Quixtar states. Please reconsider these proposed rules and their negative impact. Thank you, Frances Halter