On Sunday 22 April 2007 02:09, Francie Smart wrote:
> > How can they be 50 years old and get away with this? They said I
> > can never under any circumstances use the name shaklee, any
> > employees name working for shaklee, or any shaklee product name on
> > a web site, EVER.
> >
> > Confused....
>
> Does not using the name Shaklee, etc. mean you as a distributor
> cannot use the name in a way they would consider negative or they
> will pull your distributorship? It must have something to do with the
> agreement you signed with them? Otherwise, we would not be able to
> use the name of any companies here either, right?
If you're a distributor, why would you want to use it in a way they
would consider negative?
And, continuing that thought, why would one want to make money using a
system that can be capricious like that and pull your ability to make
money on short notice?
It's their trademark. They OWN it. It's that simple. They OWN the
trademark and can determine how it is used and can tell people when
they can and cannot use it.
As to using the name, that's a different story. I don't know the full
details, but there is also a difference between discussing experiences
and slandering a company.
> Even having a web site separate from a company's approved site on
> which you sell products is often not allowed by companies.
That's because they can't control your own site. If Shaklee or
Quackstar or any other MLM let people create their own sites and set
them up as they wanted, then they'd have thousands or tens of thousands
of sites, all different, all making claims that each person thought
were proper and it would be too easy for the company itself to get sued
for the inaccurate or inappropriate or illegal claims made by someone
who just thought they were doing a good job. By requiring people to
stick with their sites, they don't have to police an unmanageable
number of sites.
> The
> reason, as I understand it is that should a distributor or someone
> representing the company's product somehow misrepresent that product
> or group of products in a way that constitutes medical prescribing or
> counseling laws, the company would be held responsible and it could
> bring regulators down on the company.
Exactly.
Hal
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