A seller-assisted marketing plan shall not include the sale of a business opportunity for which the immediate cash payment made by the purchaser does not exceed five hundred dollars and the payment is made for the not-for-profit sale of sales demonstration equipment, material, or samples for use in making sales and not for resale or the payment is made for product inventory sold to the purchaser at a bona fide wholesale price.

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 59-1718.01

  • Equipment: shall mean machines, all electrical devices, video or audio devices, molds, display racks, vending machines, coin-operated game machines, machines which dispense products, and display units of all kinds. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1707
  • Product: shall mean any tangible chattel, including food or living animals, which the purchaser intends to:

    (1) Sell or lease to the general public. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1709

  • Purchaser: shall mean a person who is solicited to become obligated or does become obligated on a seller-assisted marketing plan contract. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1706
  • Seller-assisted marketing plan: shall mean the sale or lease or offer for sale or lease of any product, equipment, supplies, services, license, or any combination thereof which will be used by or on behalf of the purchaser to begin or maintain a business when:

    (1) The seller of the plan has advertised or in other manner solicited the purchase or lease of the plan. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1703