Official Napa AutoCare BDG Christmas 2011 Car Giveaway Rules
Between November 9th, 2011 and December 20th 2011, Inland Valley NAPA customers and others
are encouraged to
visit this website and submit a brief online essay explaining why their nominee deserves
the car. Essays should be no more than 500 words. Website visitors can nominate themselves,
their friends, neighbors, or anyone they personally think deserves and would benefit from
receiving a free used vehicle in great condition.
All participants must register to nominate and/or vote.
This contest is open to Southern California residents only. The winning nominee will be chosen
by a panel of judges prior to December 20th, 2011. The winning person will receive his/her car on
December 22nd, 2011.
For more information on this contest, including rules and regulations, visit
this site and click on the rules link.
Contest Name: Enter to win the Napa AutoCare BDG Christmas 2011 Car Giveaway essay contest (the “Contest”)
Sponsor(s): Inland Valley NAPA Auto Care Centers and our
sponsors.
Inland Valley NAPA Auto Care Centers, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies
(together, the “Company”), will conduct the Contest substantially as described in
these rules, and by participating, each participant agrees to abide by the following
rules, subject to change without notice:
1. Description of Contest/Participation.
A. Dates of Contest: The Contest will begin on November 9th, 2011 and end
a few days prior to December 22nd, 2011.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE ODDS OF WINNING. Void where prohibited. Odds
of winning depend upon the number of entries received.
B. Inland Valley NAPA Auto Care Centers will give away a refurbished car to a deserving
Southern California resident.
Registered Participants will submit an essay online at
inlandnapaautocare.com and describe in 500 words or less why the nominated person is deserving
of a refurbished car. All submissions must be received electronically on this NAPA website no later
than midnight on December 20th, 2011. Participants can nominate themselves or
someone else. Each participant should include their full name, address, phone number and email
address. Entries will be judged by the administrators of the Inland Valley NAPA Auto Care Centers.
Each participant may register only ONCE with a single email address. Participants found to have made
multiple registration entries, using additional phone numbers or email addresses, will be disqualified.
Participants may encourage others to register, nominate, and vote for a particular individual.
Participants need not nominate in order to vote. However, each participant may vote only once.
The contest winner will be chosen prior to December 22th, 2011. Winner will be
notified via telephone on or after December 22th, 2011. Prize will be delivered to the winner at an
special presentation on or about December 22nd, 2011. Media outlets may be invited
to attend delivery ceremony. Winner agrees to participate in said presentation and media event,
which may include interviews and photos taken; and said interviews and photos may be used on
the Inland NAPA website and for other promotional purposes determined by the Inland NAPA Dealers.
C. How to participate: Participants should log on to
this site and follow the link to the menu page. There are two options on the menu; vote and
register. You may register only ONE worthy individual and vote for only one nominee. Essays
submitted must be 500 words or less. It is suggested that before you nominate, please copy,
paste and save your essay so that it does not get lost if there is an electronic malfunction.
2. Prize. The prize awarded to the eligible winner is: One (1) refurbished car,
the value of which will be determined as fair market value at the time the prize is awarded.
Prizes are NOT transferable, redeemable for cash or exchangeable for any other prize. If a
winner cannot be contacted or is disqualified, the Company reserves the right to determine
an alternate winner or not award that winner’s prize, at its sole discretion.
3. Eligibility and Limitations. Participants and winner must be a U.S. residents at least
18-years old as determined by the Company and reside in the state of California (Southern
California). The Company reserves the right to refuse to award a prize to or on behalf of
any minor. Only one (1) entry per person. Only one (1) prize per household for the Contest.
Winners may not participate again subequent to a being a winner in any of our Contests. Employees
of the Company, the Contest’s participating sponsors and their advertising agencies, and
members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate and win.
The term “immediate family” includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and
grandchildren, whether as “in-laws,” or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s),
adoption, co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the
same household whether or not related.
4. Delivery Disclaimer. The Company disclaims all liability for the inability of a participant
to complete or deliver an essay due to equipment malfunction and/or acts beyond the Company’s
control, or otherwise. The Company disclaims all liability for any delays, misdelivery, loss,
or failure in the delivery of any item sent by electronic transmission or other delivery method.
The Company is not responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, computer,
hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete,
garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any
website or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's ability
to participate in the Contest. The Company is not responsible for any injury or damage to
entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in or
downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest.
5. Publicity. Use of Personal Information. By participating, where allowed by law, all participants
and winner(s) grant the Company exclusive permission to use their names, characters, photographs,
voices, and likenesses in connection with promotion of this and other contests and waive any
claims to royalty, right, or remuneration for such use. By participating in the Contest,
where allowed by law, participants agree that the Company may disclose personal information
obtained from participants in the Contest to third parties and use such information for
marketing and other purposes, as seems necessary, appropriate or proper by the Company.
6. Release. By participating in the Contest, each participant and winner waives any and all
claims of liability against the Company, its employees and agents, the Contest’s sponsors and
their respective employees and agents, for any personal injury or loss which may occur from
the conduct of, or participation in, the Contest, or from the use or ownership of any prize.
In order to receive a prize, participants must sign an official waiver form provided by the
Company.
7. Taxes. Any valuation of the prize(s) stated above is based on available information provided
to the Company, and the value of any prize awarded to a winner may be reported for tax purposes
as required by law. Each winner is solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all
applicable taxes related to the prize(s) and paying any expenses associated with any prize
which is not specifically provided for in the official rules. Each winner must provide the
Company with valid identification and a valid taxpayer identification number or social
security number before any prize will be awarded. Any person winning over $600 in prizes
from the Company will receive an IRS form 1099 at the end of the calendar year and a copy
of such form will be filed with the IRS.
8. Conduct and Decisions. By participating in the Contest, participants agree to be bound by the
decisions of Company personnel. Persons who violate any rule, gain unfair advantage in participating
in the Contest, or obtain winner status using fraudulent means will be disqualified. Unsportsmanlike,
disruptive, annoying, harassing or threatening behavior is prohibited. The Company will interpret
these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the rules or
the Contest and the Company’s decisions concerning such disputes shall be final. If the conduct
or outcome of the Contest is affected by human error, any mechanical malfunctions or failures
of any kind, intentional interference or any event beyond the control of the Company. The Company
reserves the right to terminate this Contest, or make such other decisions regarding the outcome
as the Company deems appropriate. All decisions will be made by the Company and are final. The
Company may waive any of these rules in its sole discretion. ANY ATTEMPT BY A CONTESTANT OR ANY
OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY CIRCUMVENT, DISRUPT OR DAMAGE ORDINARY AND NORMAL OPERATION OF
THIS CONTEST OR WEBSITES, OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION
OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PARTICIPANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. FEDERAL LAWS
MAY IMPOSE PENALTIES FOR PERSONS FOUND GUILTY OF INTERFERING WITH INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS AND/OR
COMPUTER DATA COMMUNICATIONS.
9. Miscellaneous. Each winner must submit proof of eligibility and sign the Company’s release
form to claim the prize. The Company may substitute prizes, amend the rules or discontinue the
Contest at any time. The Company disclaims any responsibility to notify participants of any aspect
related to the conduct of the Contest. All entries become the property of the Company and will not
be returned.
10. The licensing and registration, including costs, of the vehicle recieved as a prize in this
Contest shall be the sole responsiblity of the winner of said prize.
11. Compliance with Law. The conduct of the Contest is governed by the applicable laws of the
United States of America, which take precedence over any rule to the contrary herein. Sponsor(s)
shall follow the applicable laws for conducting contests, including notice to the state attorney
general or consumer affairs office, posting of a prize bond, furnishing lists of winners,
providing specific written information about the Contest, etc. as required by local and state law.
All participants are subject to the rules and regulations of this giveaway.
Your IP Address will be saved with your registration.
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