Weekly Prize Giveaway

Site visitors who comment on any of Robin Raskin’s articles are automatically entered into a weekly prize giveaway to win one of VTech’s state-of-the-art cordless home phone systems to stay connected this holiday season. See below for the official giveaway rules.

Feel free to post question in the comment section of her articles, and Robin will be answering select questions each week.

 

HOLIDAYGIFTHOTLINE.COM WEEKLY PRIZE GIVEAWAY OFFICIAL RULES

 

I.  GENERAL:  No purchase necessary to enter or win.  These are the official rules (the “Official Rules”) for the HOLIDAYGIFTHOTLINE.com Weekly Prize Giveaway (the “Giveaway”).  The Giveaway is administered and sponsored by VTech Communications, Inc. (“Administrator” and/or “Sponsor”) 9590 SW Gemini Drive, Suite 120 Beaverton, OR 97008. The Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law or regulations.

 

II. ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia 18 years of age or older at time of entry; provided, that residents of Rhode Island are NOT eligible to enter or win.   Any individuals (including but not limited to employees, consultants, independent contractors, and interns) who have, within the past six months, performed services for Sponsor or any organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the  Giveaway or supplying the prize, and their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated and successor companies, and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter or play.  “Immediate family members” shall mean parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, or spouses.  “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.

 

III. HOW TO ENTER: To enter, post a comment or question in the comment sections of Robin Raskin’s online articles on HolidayGiftHotline.com.  Include your name and email address in the body of the comment.  Entries remain the property of Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged.  All entries must be received between 12:00AM PT on Wednesday November 12, 2008 and 11:59PM PT on Friday December 19, 2008 (the “Giveaway Period”).

 

Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, failed, partial or garbled entries/computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to electronic malfunction or damage of any network, hardware or software.  Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass entries or entries generated by a script, macro or use of automated devices are void.  If for any reason the Giveaway is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Giveaway, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway.  If the Giveaway is terminated before the end date, Sponsor will determine the winner from all eligible entries received as of the termination date. No responsibility is assumed for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; or any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or electronic entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web-site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials from this Giveaway.  In the event of a dispute over an electronic entry, prize will be awarded to the authorized account holder of the e-mail account, not the name on the entry form.  “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

 

LIMIT: One entry per person/email address per day.  A “day” is defined as the 24-hour period beginning at 12:00 AM PT and ending at 11:59 PM PT.  Duplicate entries for a single individual during a day will be disqualified.

 

IV. WINNER SELECTION: One winner will be selected in a random drawing conducted on or about Friday of each week from all entries gathered that week, from Friday, November 21, 2008 through Friday, December 19, 2008 (5 winners in total) from among all eligible entries received during the Giveaway Period. Each potential winner will be notified by e-mail on or about Thursday of the week following the week in which such potential winner is selected.

 

In the event the winner is deemed ineligible, fails to comply with Giveaway procedures, or is not available to claim prize during specified dates, then the prize will be forfeited and an awarded to an alternate winner.

 

Winner’s response to prize notification must be received by Sponsor within 10 days of prize notification or the prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.    Winner will be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability release (and, where permitted, a publicity release) within same 10 day period or prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.  

 

Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received during the Giveaway period.

 

V. PRIZE (1):  Each winner will receive: One (1) new VTech DS6125-2 cordless phone system.  Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $79.95. 

 

Winner is not entitled to exchange or transfer prize or to obtain cash or other substitutes, but Sponsor in its sole discretion may substitute prize of equal or greater value.

 

VI. RELEASES:  By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final in all respects.  Failure to comply with these official rules may result in disqualification from the Giveaway.  By participating in this Giveaway, entrants agree to release Sponsor and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliated and successor companies, advertising and promotion agencies and prize suppliers, and each of its respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Giveaway and/or acceptance or use of the prize.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the preceding release is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or void for any reason, the entrant agrees that, by entering the Giveaway, (i) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the Giveaway, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action; (ii) any claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Giveaway, but in no event attorney’s fees; and (iii) under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than damages for actual out-of-pocket expenses.

 

Entrants authorize the Released Parties to use their name, voice, likeness, biographical data, city and state of residence and entry materials in programming or promotional material, worldwide in perpetuity, or on a winner’s list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law.  Sponsor is not obligated to use any of the above mentioned information or materials, but may do so and may edit such information or materials, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation.

 

VII. MISCELLANEOUS.  By submitting entry materials, entrants (i) represent and warrant that such materials are original and created by entrant, that entrants have the necessary rights, permission and authority to submit such materials, and, if applicable, that entrants maintain a valid copyright in the materials and (ii) acknowledge that such materials may be included and/or discussed on the HolidayGiftHotline.com Web site and that such discussions may include statements or opinions by the website talent or others about the entrants, the entrants’ appearances and/or the materials, and that those statements and opinions may be considered surprising, humiliating, embarrassing, derogatory, defamatory or otherwise offensive or injurious to entrants. Entrants release the Released Parties from any actions, claims, injury, loss or damage allegedly caused, directly or indirectly, by any such statements or opinions made during such broadcasts.

 

VIII. WINNER’S LIST:  For the names of all winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to 9590 SW Gemini Drive, Suite 120 Beaverton, OR 97008.

 

Weekly Giveaway

Site visitors who comment on any of Robin Raskin’s articles are automatically entered into a weekly giveaway to win one of VTech’s state-of-the-art cordless home phone systems to stay connected this holiday season.

Feel free to post question in the comment section of her articles and Robin will be answering select questions each week.