Terms & Conditions for Giveaways valued over $500
Giveaway Posts ("Giveaways") are promoted by Style Me Pretty, LLC (the "Promoter"), PO Box 135, Wayland MA 01778. Products, gifts, and prizes are provided by various companies ("Sponsor") specified in the blog post.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. ELIGIBILITY
Giveaways are open only to legal residents of forty-nine (49) United States and the District of Columbia (excluding Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, all U.S. Territories and Possessions and all Overseas Military Installations) eighteen (18) years of age or older as of January, 1, 2011, with access to the Internet at all times during the Giveaway Period (as defined below) and subsequent prize-award period (as defined below). All employees of the Promoter, the Sponsor, and of all associated agencies and their respective affiliates, sales representatives, distributors, licensees or agents (all of the foregoing, together with Promoter and Sponsor, collectively referred to as "Giveaway Entities"), and their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses) and those living in the same household of each (whether legally related or not), are ineligible to enter or win the Giveaway. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Void where prohibited by law. Entry in the Giveaway constitutes your full and unconditional acceptance of these Official Rules; if you do not accept them, you are not permitted to participate.
2. GIVEAWAY PERIOD
The Giveaway entry period begins at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time ("EDT") the day of the post and ends as of 11:59 a.m. EDT on the date indicated in the post (the "Giveaway Period"). Winners will be selected from eligible entries properly submitted during the Giveaway Period.
3. GIVEAWAY ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
Submit a comment to Giveaway post during Giveaway Period. Comments must be relevant, appropriate, and substantive relative to the blog topic at hand, as determined by Style Me Pretty in its sole discretion. Entries are limited to one (1) entry per person, per e-mail address, and per household during the Giveaway Period, regardless of method of entry. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. Normal time, toll, connection and usage rates, if any, charged by your Internet service provider will apply. All entries become the property of the Promoter.
All registrations must include entrant's valid email address. The email address provided by online entrants will be the identity of the entrant and, if selected for a prize, the identity of the winner. We expressly reserve the right to disqualify any entries that we believe in good faith are generated by an automated program or via scripts. By participating, all entrants agree to abide by these Official Giveaway Rules.
4. PUBLICITY
As a condition of entry into the Giveaway, except where prohibited by law, each entrant and Winner/Winners by accepting a prize grants to Promoter and Promoter's affiliates, legal representatives, assigns and licensees, an unrestricted right and license to publicize, broadcast, display and/or otherwise use the Giveaway entrant's name, city, state, and biographical material (collectively, "Licensed Rights") in any form or media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional review, compensation, permission or approval of the Winner/Winners.
5. SELECTION OF GIVEAWAY WINNER
At the end of the Entry Period, there will be one (1) random drawing in which Prize Winner/Winners (the number of which will be specified in the post) shall be selected from all eligible entries received during the Entry Period by the Promoter, whose decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters related to the Giveaway. Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received. Prize Winner/Winners will be notified via e-mail to the e-mail address submitted with his/her entry, within two (2) weeks after the drawing ("Prize Award Period"). If a Giveaway winner fails to respond to the prize notification within the specified ten (10) business days the winner will irrevocably forfeit the prize and an alternate winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entries. In the event that a potential Prize Winner is disqualified for any reason, Promoter may, in Promoter's sole discretion, award the applicable Prize to an alternate potential Prize Winner selected at random from the remaining eligible entries. Any return of Prize notification or prize e-mail as undeliverable will result in forfeiture of any Grand Prize and an alternate potential Grand Prize Winner may, at Promoter's discretion, be randomly selected from the remaining eligible entries. The potential Prize Winner/Winners will be required to execute and return both (a) an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability and Publicity Release and (b) an executed W-9 Form for tax reporting purposes, within ten (10) business days of attempted notification or the potential Grand Prize Winner may be disqualified and an alternate potential Grand Prize Winner selected.
6. PRIZES
The number of Prize/prizes will be indicated in the Giveaway Post with a total Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") no more than ($1499.00) (USD) in the form of a product or gift from the Sponsor. The Prize will be sent from Sponsor directly to recipient. Prize/Prizes will not be replaced if lost or stolen, and is nontransferable. Prize/Prizes are not redeemable for cash and no substitutions are allowed. The Prize/Prizes will be delivered only to addresses in the United States. All taxes are the responsibility of the Prize Winner/Winners. By participating in the Giveaway, entrants waive the right to claim any additional damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, incidental or indirect damages.
7. ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF ENTRY
You may also enter the Giveaway by mailing a standard-size postcard with your name, e-mail address, phone number, city and state to: Style Me Pretty Giveaway, c/o Style Me Pretty, LLC, PO Box 135, Wayland MA 01778. Postcard entries must be postmarked and received during the Giveaway Period to be included within the random drawing.
8. GENERAL CONDITIONS AND RELEASES
An entrant or winner may be disqualified from the Giveaway if he or she fails to comply with each provision of these Official Giveaway Rules, as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Participation in the Giveaway is at entrant’s own risk. Sponsor shall not be liable for 1) failed, returned or misdirected notifications based on inaccurate information provided by the winner on the contest entry form, 2) entries and responses to winner notifications which are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, postage-due, misdirected, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient in whole or in part or for computer or technical error of any kind, 3) any electronic miscommunications or failures, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit an entrant's ability to participate in the Giveaway, 4) any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer on-line system, computer equipment, software, program malfunctions or other failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from downloading any part of this Contest 6) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Giveaway.
9. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Upon acceptance of our rules and regulations, you are acknowledging that Style Me Pretty, LLC will share your personal information with the Sponsor for the purpose of selecting a winner and sending Prize/Prizes. The personal information collected through the Giveaway is subject to Style Me Pretty, LLC's Privacy Policy, located at http://www.stylemepretty.com/privacy-policy. By entering the Giveaway, you agree to the use of your personal information as described in the above Privacy Policy, and such authorization is an express condition of entry.
10. RULES/WINNERS' LIST REQUESTS
To obtain a copy of these Official Rules or for notification of the winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Style Me Pretty Rules and Winner Notification Request, c/o Style Me Pretty, LLC, 1 Thompson Square, Suite #207, Charlestown, MA 02129. Requests for notification of winner must be received no later than three months after the end of the Giveaway Period. VT residents may omit return postage.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Entrants and winner agree that the Giveaway Entities shall not be liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating in this Giveaway or from the acceptance or use of any prize awarded, including any future use of any winning entries. Sponsor reserves the right (but is not obligated) to verify eligibility qualifications of any winner.