| Comment Number: | 522418-09932 |
| Received: | 7/15/2006 1:51:01 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Linda Williams |
| State: | FL |
| Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
| Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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Comments:
I have been a distributor for over 10 years for a network marketing company that has served not only to give me an extra income to support my family as a single mother, but also the opportunity to learn about marketing and sales. The requirements you propose seem to be unfair to a person like myself who wants to have a small home based business. Is there any other business that has to give out a list of others doing the business in the same area. Think about what that would do to your desire to want to do the business if you have to be responsible for setting up your competition. Do others, especially big business magnates have to advertise for its competition? This sounds like the idea of some who would like to damage those in direct sales rather than protect the consumer. Is network marketing cutting into the profits of big corparations. Is that what this is about really? For the little guy like myself who has the opportunity to do it on my own, this is outrageous. Tell me who else in sales has to do that? Do any other businesses, store fronts or others have to make legal claims disclosures as a prospective buyer walks in the door, whether the seller was found guilty or not? The reference list is the worst of the whole thing. It severely underminds those in the business who are not trying to dupe others and do not use the tactics you are suggesting by this proposed Business Opportunity rule. I sincerely hope you will look at this through the eyes of many small business owners and find a way to protect consumers from those who are really being fraudulant. Linda F. Williams