Humdinger Headlines Caption Contest Fall 2009 - Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Participation constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules. The Humdinger Headlines Caption Contest begins September 29, 2009, at 12:01 am/EST and ends October 15, 2009, at 11:59 pm/EST ("Contest Period").
SPONSOR: The Contest is sponsored by Tregaskiss, 2570 North Talbot Rd., Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N0R 1L0, a division of ITW Canada, a limited partnership governed by the laws of Ontario, Canada, having its head office at 10 Carlow Court, Unit 2, Whitby, Ontario L1N 9T7, represented by its general partner ITW Canada Management Company, a corporation governed by the laws of Nova Scotia("Sponsor").
ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to natural persons who are legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and to residents of Canada (except the province of Quebec) who have reached the age of majority in their province of residence at the time of entry and who have internet access. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies ("Tregaskiss Personnel"), and those individuals who are immediate family members of Tregaskiss Personnel, or persons living in their same household as Tregaskiss Personnel, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. "Immediate family" means parents, siblings, children and spouse. Void where prohibited. All federal, state/provincial, and local laws and regulations apply.
HOW TO ENTER: Visit Sponsor's web site at http://www.tregaskiss.com/fusion-blender-fall-2009-p132125/ to view the contest photograph. Write and submit your funniest original caption in English for the photo and send it to info@tregaskiss.com via email. If your caption is judged to be the funniest caption out of all submitted captions, you will win a Tregaskiss Mystery Gift Pack as described below. No other method of entry will be accepted. One entry per person/household/email address.
PRIZES: One (1) prize winner will be awarded one(1) Tregaskiss Mystery Gift Pack(ARV: $50.00 USD).All prizes will be awarded. No substitution or transfer of any prize or election of cash in lieu of any prize by winner will be permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize of equal or greater value. Prizes are nontransferable. All federal, state/provincial and/or local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner.
SELECTION OF WINNERS: All entries will be presented to a panel of Tregaskiss personnel, each of whom will place one vote for the funniest caption. The caption receiving the most votes will be awarded the prize. In the event of a tie, only the tied entries will once again be voted on by the judging panel with one vote submitted per judge. Judging will conclude on or shortly after October 29, 2009. The winner will be notified by November 5, 2009 and their name, city and state or province will be published in the next edition of FUSION Online. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. In the event of a dispute over the identity of the selected entrant, the entrant will be deemed to be the Authorized Account Holder of the email address used at login or registration. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet service provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. To qualify, the Winner may be required to sign and complete an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability and Publicity Release and return it within 10 days of date of postmark. Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to deliver the notification to Winner. If a selected winner cannot be contacted within 15 days of the judging, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize within 15 days of initial contact, or fails to timely return the completed and executed Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability and Publicity Release as required, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner who received the next highest number of votes for funniest caption. If winner has moved to a different address, it is the sole responsibility of the winner to notify the Sponsor or designated agent of their new address. Sponsor not responsible for undeliverable prizes due to change of address. By accepting and/or using prize, winner gives Sponsor the rights to use the winner's name, voice, and/or likeness for the purpose of advertising, trade, or promotion without further compensation worldwide in perpetuity and in any form of media including the Internet, unless prohibited by law. No correspondence will be entered into except with selected winning entrant(s).
CONDITIONS: By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final. Sponsor, agents and representatives of Sponsor, its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind; (ii) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions; (iii) any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Sponsor that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (iv) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of any prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, or from participation in the Contest; or (v) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or cancel the Contest at any time if a computer virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, or other technical problem of any sort corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the Contest or change any element thereof, with or without notice, at any time, due to printing errors, web site errors, transmission errors or other mistakes in the production of the Contest. Sponsor also reserves the right to disqualify, in its sole discretion, any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the Website, or who is otherwise in violation of the rules. By participating, entrants agree that all disputes will be resolved in the appropriate courts in the province of Ontario in Canada, exclusively, and subject to the laws of the province of Ontario.
By participating in the Contest, each participant agrees to release and hold Sponsor and the employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives of Sponsor, its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors, harmless from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with the Contest or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy.
Entries become the exclusive property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. By entering, entrant acknowledges and accepts that his/her e-mail address and/or other personal information from the entry (collectively "Information") may be used for internal marketing analyses and to provide entrant with information about Sponsor and Sponsor's products, promotions and/or services that may be of interest to entrant. The Information will not be used for any other purposes without entrant’s consent. The Information will not be sold or provided to third parties, except as required or authorized by law. If entrant does not want Sponsor to use his/her Information for these promotional purposes, the entrant must indicate this in the contest entry email. Entrant may later revoke consent to these promotional purposes at any time by calling 519-737-3076, e-mailing Sponsor at info@tregaskiss.com or by writing to Sponsor at Tregaskiss, 2570 North Talbot Rd., Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N0R 1L0.
WINNER'S NAME: To obtain a copy of the Winner's name, send your request along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Contest Winner's List, Tregaskiss, 2570 North Talbot Rd., Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N0R 1L0. VT residents need not include postage. Requests must be received no later than December 1, 2009.







