Sweepstakes Rules
LOCALSALESLINK.COM
SWEEPSTAKES RULES
$100 CASH GIFT CARD
GIVEAWAY
July 1, 2009 – July
31, 2009
NO PURCHASE, INTENT OF PAYMENT OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS
NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR
CHANCES OF WINNING. U.S. ONLY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
SPONSOR: LocalSalesLink.com, LocalSalesLink, LLC, PO Box 19642, Kalamazoo, MI 49019.
ELIGIBILITY:
LocalSalesLink.com Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States
(and the District of Columbia) who are 18 years old and older at the time of
entry are eligible to enter. Not open to employees, officers or directors, or
to members of the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) or
household of any of the foregoing, of LocalSalesLink, LLC (“Sponsor”), or any of its parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, dealers, retailers, resellers, advertising or promotion agencies,
promotional partners as well as any other agencies or companies involved in
this Sweepstakes promotion. The
Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, local laws and
regulations. Void where prohibited.
AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL
RULES: By participating in the
Sweepstakes, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and
abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be
final and binding in all respects of the Sweepstakes.
SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD:
of the Sweepstakes will begin on 6/31/09 at 12 a.m. Eastern Time and ending on
7/30/09 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (the “Sweepstakes Period”). All times in the
Sweepstakes refer to Eastern Time (“ET”). The Sponsor’s database computer is
the official time-keeping device for this Sweepstakes.
HOW TO ENTER: During the Sweepstakes Period, visit www.LocalSalesLink.com and follow the links and
instructions for posting a need. After you have submitted the registration
form, you will automatically receive 1 entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit one (1) entry per person regardless of
method of entry. Multiple participants
are not permitted to share the same e-mail address. All entries must be received during the Sweepstakes
Period. Any attempt by any participant
to obtain more one entry by using multiple/different e-mail addresses,
identities, registrations and logins, may result in disqualification at the
discretion of the Sponsor. Entries
become property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged. In the event of a dispute as to any online
entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to enter will
be deemed to be the entrant. The account
holder is the person assigned the e-mail address by the e-mail provider for the
domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. To Enter the Sweepstakes without creating a need: As an alternate free
means of entry, you may send a 3” x 5” card including your handwritten name,
full address, phone number, email address and date of birth to: LocalSalesLink, attn:
LocalSalesLink Gift Card Giveaway, PO Box 19642, Kalamazoo, MI 49019. All entries must
be mailed separately, postmarked by 7/30/09, and received by 8/07/09 at 11:59 p.m.
ET.
DRAWING AND WINNER
NOTIFICATION: The potential winner must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Office Rules. The
potential winner of the Sweepstakes will be randomly selected from among all
eligible entries received. The random drawing will be conducted on or about
8/8/09 and the winner will be notified within 60 days. The potential winner
will be notified by telephone and/or mail and/or email using the contact
information given at the time of entry or enrollment of sweepstakes. Sponsor
shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted
or not received by a potential winner for any reason. If a potential winner
does not respond within seventy-two (72) hours after the first notification
attempt, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable
to such potential winner, such potential winner forfeits the prize and an
alternate winner may be selected. If any potential winner is found to be
ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or
declines the prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will
forfeit the prize and an alternate winner may be selected from the remaining
non-winning eligible entries.
PRIZE/ODDS: One
(1) prize will be awarded to one winner. Prize consists of: One (1) Gift Card in the amount of one
hundred dollars ($100.00).
The retail value of prize for each winner is one hundred
dollars ($100). Sponsor will furnish an
Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 to winner for the retail value of the prize
for the tax year in which the prize was won.
All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor
may award a substitute prize (or prize element) of comparable or greater value
if any prize listed becomes unavailable for any reason in its sole discretion.
Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided
herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during
the Sweepstakes period. Sweepstakes is open to over 100 million persons in the
United States. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A
WINNER OF ANY PRIZE UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN VERIFIED
AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
GENERAL PRIZE
CONDITIONS: Winner is responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes
associated with acceptance or use of any prize, and for any other fees or costs
not specifically included in the prize description in these Official Rules.
Winner will be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability
Release, and (where legal) a Publicity Release (collectively, “Prize Claim
Documents”) within forty eight (48) hours of receipt. Guest must also sign a
Publicity/Liability release with such period. Noncompliance within this time
period will result in disqualification and the prize will be forfeited.
GENERAL PROVISIONS:
Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner’s
consent to Sponsor’s use of winner’s name, photograph, likeness, voice,
biographical information, statements and address (city and state) for
advertising and/or publicity purposes worldwide and in any form of media now known or hereafter developed, in
perpetuity, without further compensation, permission, notification or approval.
Further entrants agree (for themselves and for entrants’ heirs, executors, and
administrators) to indemnify Released Parties from any and all liability
resulting or arising from the Sweepstakes and to be bound by these Official
Rules and to waive any right to claim any ambiguity or error therein or in the
Sweepstakes itself, and to be bound by all decisions of Sponsor, which are
binding and final. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in
disqualification from the Sweepstakes at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to
disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process,
the operation of the Sweepstakes or the Website, to be acting in violation of
these Official Rules, or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt to deliberately damage any
website or the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes is a violation of
criminal and civil law and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and costs
(including without limitation attorneys’ fees) from such person who attempted
these acts to the fullest extent permitted by law. No mechanically reproduced, illegible,
incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will
be accepted. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend or cancel
the Sweepstakes if fraud, technical problems or any other factors beyond
Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or security of the
Sweepstakes, as determined by the Sponsor’s sole discretion. . If the Sweepstakes is terminated before the
designated end date, Sponsor will select winner in a random drawing from all
eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the time of impairment
warranting such termination. Inclusion in such drawing shall be each entrant’s
sole and exclusive remedy in such circumstances.
RELEASE AND
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Except
where prohibited, by participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to
release and hold harmless, GlobeFunder Receivable
Solutions, LLC, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates,
dealers, retailers, resellers, advertising or promotion agencies, promotional
partners as well as any other agencies or companies involved in this
Sweepstakes promotion, and their respective officers, directors, employees and
agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action
arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use of any
prize. Sponsor assumes no
responsibility for any damage to an entrant’s computer system which is
occasioned by accessing the Website or otherwise participating in the
Sweepstakes, or for any computer system, phone line, network lines, hardware,
software or program malfunctions, printing errors or other errors, failures or
delays or any other technical errors related to computers, servers and providers.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor is not responsible
for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged,
stolen, undeliverable or postage-due submissions or prize notifications; or for
lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites,
Internet service providers, websites, or other connections; or for
miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected
computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions,
failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the
incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any
information.
Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the
Released Parties’ liability will be limited to the cost of entering in the
Sweepstakes and in no event shall the Released Parties be liable for attorney’s
fees or costs. Entrant waives the right
to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential,
direct or indirect damages. If an
entrant’s entry is proved to have been erroneously deleted, lost, destroyed or
corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is being added to the Sweepstakes with another
entry; provided that if it is not possible to award another entry for any
reason, Sponsor, at its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing
from all eligible entries received up the date of discontinuance for any prize
offered herein. No more than the stated
number of prizes will be awarded. In the
event that technical problems or any other reason, cause more than stated
number of prizes as set forth herein to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor
reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random
drawing among the eligible, un-awarded prize claims.
DISPUTES: Entrant agrees that any and all disputes,
claims and causes of action arising out of participation with this Sweepstakes,
or prize awarded shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of
class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court located in
Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Any and all
claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, including costs associated with entering the Sweepstakes, but in no event
attorneys’ fees or costs associated with the lawsuit. Entrant hereby waives all rights to have
damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
Some jurisdictions do not all the limitations or exclusion of liability
for incidental or consequential dames, so the above may not apply to you. All issues or concerns regarding the
validity, construction and enforceability of these Official Rules , or the
rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with these
Sweepstake, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Michigan, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict
of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction),
which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the State of Michigan.
WINNER’S
NAME/OFFICIAL RULES: For the name of the winner available after 8/15/09,
send a self-addressed stamped envelope to LocalSalesLink Sweepstakes Winner, PO Box
19642, Kalamazoo, MI 49019. All such
requests must be received no later than 9/15/09. These Official Rules will be
posted on www.LocalSalesLink.com.