| Comment Number: | 522418-07816 |
| Received: | 7/11/2006 7:37:59 PM |
| Organization: | PartyLite Gifts |
| Commenter: | Lynne Springford-Gosser |
| State: | CA |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
This legislation will have a major negative impact on my business. I have been a consultant and leader with PartyLite Gifts since 1999 and it has become my sole source of income, allowing me to be at home more to raise my 2 children. I feel that the prosposed seven-day waiting period casts legitimate direct sellers in a negative light, creates record keeping and administrative challenges,and penalizes people from starting their businesses when they're ready. The proposed policy for the regulations requiring 10 references , is an invasion of privacy, and is totally impractical to be continually continually obtaining updates from PartyLite regarding the identities and contact information for the ten Consultants closest to a prospective Consultant. I may or may not even know the 10 closest consultants as Regions are lineage based and not geographical. I appreciate the FTC goals in supporting consumers like myself, but emphatically feel that the proposed regulations would negatively impact legitimate businesses like PartyLite. I urge you to reconsider the proposed legislation. .