Autobytel/Autoweb/CarSmart/MyRide
/Car.com
Survey Sweepstakes/
Grand Prize
Drawing
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
FOR PERSONS WHO ENTER THE
SWEEPSTAKES THROUGH THIS CREATIVE PRESENTATION, THESE RULES GOVERN ALL ASPECTS
OF PARTICIPATION AND PRIZE AWARD.
1. Introduction. The Grand Prize Drawing ("Sweepstakes")
is sponsored by ePrize LLC, One ePrize Drive,
ONLY ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE ACROSS
ALL CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AWARDED IN THE SWEEPSTAKES. OFFICIAL RULES FOR THIS CREATIVE
PRESENTATION ARE AVAILABLE AT HTTP://SURVEY.SERVICES.AUTOBYTEL.COM/SURVEY/EPRIZE/RULES.HTML,
HTTP://SURVEY.SERVICES.AUTOWEB.COM/SURVEY/EPRIZE/RULES.HTML,
HTTP://SURVEY.SERVICES.CARSMART.COM/SURVEY/EPRIZE/RULES.HTML,
HTTP://SURVEY.SERVICES.MYRIDE.COM/SURVEY/EPRIZE/RULES.HTML,
OR
HTTP://SURVEY.SERVICES.CAR.COM/SURVEY/EPRIZE/RULES.HTML.
2. Timing. The Sweepstakes begins on October 1,
2008 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on December 31, 2008 at 11:59
p.m. ET ("Promotion Period"). Various Creative Presentations may be
added throughout the Promotion Period.
Autobytel’s computer is the official time-keeping device for this
Sweepstakes.
3. Eligibility. The Sweepstakes is open only to legal
residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the
b.
To Enter By Mail. To enter without online access or without
submitting a purchase request, hand-print on a 3" x 5" piece of paper your name,
address, day and evening phone numbers, email address, age, and mail it with
proper postage to: “Autobytel/Autoweb/CarSmart/MyRide/Car.com
Survey Sweepstakes Q4 08,” c/o ePrize, P.O. Box 8070, Royal
Oak, MI 48068-8070. All mail-in
entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2008 and received by January 7,
2009. Limit:
One (1) entry per stamped envelope.
All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and none will be
acknowledged or returned. Proof of
sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
Sponsor is not responsible for
lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or
postage-due entries, which will be disqualified.
You may enter the Grand Prize
Drawing through as many Creative Presentations as you
like.
5. Selection of Potential
Winner. Sponsor will randomly select one (1)
Promoter's Creative Presentation from among all Creative Presentations, and
Sponsor will then select one (1) potential Grand Prize winner from among all
eligible entries received through the selected Creative Presentation, on or
about February 2, 2009. The
potential winner must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official
Rules; winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Except where prohibited, the potential
winner must execute and return to the Sponsor, within ten (10) days of being
notified, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release in
order to claim his/her prize. If
the potential winner cannot be contacted or if he/she fails to sign and return
the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release within the
required time period, an alternate potential winner will be selected in his/her
place at random from among all eligible entries received for the selected
Creative Presentation. Only three
(3) alternate drawings will be held, after which the prize will remain
un-awarded. Prize will be fulfilled
eight (8) to ten (10) weeks after winner confirmation.
6. Prize. One (1) Grand Prize will be
awarded. The prize for which an
entrant is eligible depends on the Creative Presentation through which he/she
entered. Accordingly, the Grand
Prize for a winner who entered through this Creative Presentation will be
$15,000. No substitution,
assignment or transfer of prize permitted, except by Sponsor and Promoter, who
reserve the right to substitute the prize with another prize of greater or equal
value. Winner is solely responsible
for any and all applicable fees and taxes associated with prize receipt and
use. The odds of this Creative Presentation being
selected depend on the total number of Creative Presentations. If this
Creative Presentation is selected, the odds of winning depend on the number of
entries received through this Creative
Presentation.
7. Publicity. Except where prohibited,
participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor’s and
Promoters’ use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, hometown and state
for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or
consideration.
8. General
Conditions. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes should virus, bugs,
unauthorized human intervention, technical failures or any other factor beyond
Sponsor's reasonable control corrupt the administration, security, fairness,
integrity or proper operation of the Sweepstakes. In such event, Sponsor reserves the
right to award the prize at random from among the eligible entries received up
to the time of impairment. Sponsor
reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it
finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes
or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or those of any other
Promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to
deliberately damage Sponsor's or any Promoter's Web site or undermine the
legitimate operation of this Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and
civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor and Promoters reserve
the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted
by law. Sponsor's failure to
enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision.
9. Release. By receipt of any prize, winner
agrees that Sponsor and Promoter, their respective parents, subsidiaries and
affiliated companies, and the agents, employees, directors and officers of these
companies, are not liable whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any
kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance,
possession, use or misuse of the prize or from winner's participation in the
Sweepstakes.
10. Limitations of Liability.
Sponsor and Promoter are not
responsible for: (1) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information
or late, lost, stolen, illegible, incomplete, misdirected or postage-due entries
or entries received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which
will be disqualified; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not
limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer, network, hardware or
software; (3) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any Web site or service;
(4) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the
Sweepstakes; (5) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration
of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (6) late, lost,
undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (7) any injury or damage to
persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, which may
be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's
participation in the Sweepstakes or from downloading any material from Sponsor's
or Promoter's Web site(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by
Sponsor, Promoter or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is
connected to Sponsor's or Promoter's Web site by a hypertext link. If, for any reason, an entrant's entry
is confirmed
11. Disputes. Entrant agrees that: (1) any and
all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this
Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without
resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the
appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any
and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket
costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes but in
no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be
permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim
punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than
for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages
multiplied or otherwise increased.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant, Sponsor and Promoter in
connection with the Sweepstakes 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 or provisions (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.
12. Data Collection. Sponsor and Promoter collect personal
information from you when you enter the Sweepstakes. The information collected is subject to
the Privacy Policy of the Sponsor at http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html and the Privacy Policy of the Promoter at the site
from which an entrant received an auto quote,
http://www.autobytel.com/about/privacypolicy.html, or
http://www.autoweb.com/about/privacypolicy.html, or
http://www.carsmart.com/about/privacypolicy.html, or
http://www.myride.com/about/privacypolicy.html, or
http://www.car.com/about/privacypolicy.html.
13. Winner List. Winner List requests will only be
accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than June 2,
2009. For the Winner List, send an email with subject line:
"W–Autobytel/Autoweb/CarSmart/MyRide/Car.com Survey Sweepstakes Q4 08, Winner
List Request,” to WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.
© 2008 ePrize, LLC. All rights
reserved.
Autobytel/Autoweb/CarSmart/MyRide
/Car.com
Survey Sweepstakes/
Grand Prize
Drawing
Abbreviated Rules
1.
ABBREVIATED RULES for TV and Radio
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50
UNITED STATES AND D.C., who
have reached the age of majority in their respective jurisdictions. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED. Sweepstakes ends: 12/31/08. For Official Rules, free method of entry,
and complete details, visit: http://survey.services.autobytel.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
http://survey.services.autoweb.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
http://survey.services.carsmart.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
http://survey.services.myride.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
or
http://survey.services.car.com/survey/eprize/rules.html. Sponsor: ePrize, LLC.
2.
ABBREVIATED RULES for Print
NO
PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL
NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C.,
who
have reached the age of majority in their respective jurisdictions. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED. Sweepstakes ends: 12/31/08.
For
Official Rules, free method of entry, prize description and odds disclosure,
visit: http://survey.services.autobytel.com/survey/eprize/rules.html, http://survey.services.autoweb.com/survey/eprize/rules.html, http://survey.services.carsmart.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
http://survey.services.myride.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
or
http://survey.services.car.com/survey/eprize/rules.html. Sponsor:
ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive,
3. ABBREVIATED RULES
for online Ads – Banner
NO PURCHASE
NECESSARY. Ends: 12/31/08. To enter and for Official Rules, visit:
http://survey.services.autobytel.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
http://survey.services.autoweb.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
http://survey.services.carsmart.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
http://survey.services.myride.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
or
http://survey.services.car.com/survey/eprize/rules.html. Void where
prohibited.
4. ABBREVIATED RULES
for online Ads – Not a Banner
NO PURCHASE
NECESSARY. Open only to legal
residents of the 50
http://survey.services.myride.com/survey/eprize/rules.html,
or
http://survey.services.car.com/survey/eprize/rules.html. Void where prohibited.