Sweepstakes Official Rules
1. To enter, fill out the online entry form completely including the following information: name and Internet or other e-mail address. Daytime and evening phone numbers are optional. Entries must be received by Monday, September 16, 2002 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Limit one entry per e-mail address, either e-mail or street (mail-in) per day. Directions for mail-in entries are listed below.
Important change of address notice: It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to notify hpshopping.com in writing if the entrant changes his/her e-mail address by writing to hpshopping.com, 1266 Kifer Rd, Building 100 MS 3036, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Requests must include entrant’s first and last names (as provided on the original online entry form), old e-mail address and new e-mail address.
2. No purchase or payment necessary to enter. The contest begins June 17, 2002, and ends September 16, 2002. Three grand prize winners will be drawn on or about September 25, 2002. The winners will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received under the supervision of hpshopping.com. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received by the date given above and submitted in accordance with the rules. The winners will be notified by e-mail, regular mail or by phone. Entrants may request a list of the sweepstakes winner to be sent to them via U.S. mail. Requests must be made to hpshopping.com no later than September 25, 2002.
3. To enter by mail, type or hand print your name, address, e-mail address and day-time phone number on a postcard or a 3 x 5 card only, no envelopes will be processed. Mail it to Back-to-School Sweepstakes, InSync Marketing, 1836 Blake Street, #201, Denver, CO 80202. Only one entry per address (either e-mail or street) per day will be allowed. All mail-in entries must be postmarked by September 16, 2002 and received by September 21, 2002. All entries become the exclusive property of hpshopping.com and Hewlett-Packard Company, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by InSync Marketing and/or hpshopping.com.
4. The contest is open to legal residents of the 50 states of the United States, who are 18 years of age or over, except employees and their immediate families of hpshopping.com or Hewlett-Packard Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and its advertising and promotion agencies. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. A 1099 federal tax form will be sent to the winner to be used in figuring their 2002 federal tax return.
5. Three Grand Prizes:
Three $2,000 shopping sprees at hpshopping.com. Approximate retail value is $6,000.
6. Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of hpshopping.com, which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this contest. By entering, you also agree to waive any right to claim ambiguity or error by these Official Rules or in the Sweepstakes itself. Delivery of all prizes will be arranged by hpshopping.com. The winner must take delivery of the above prizes as awarded. The winner may make no substitutions or transfer of prizes. HPshopping.com reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. The winner will be required to return and attest to an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release, and confirmation that they have followed the rules of the contest. This affidavit must be signed and returned within seven (7) days of attempted notification. In the event an acceptable affidavit is not received, an alternate winner will be selected. Any prize notification returned to the sponsor as undeliverable will result in the awarding of that prize to an alternate winner. Except where prohibited by law, the winner’s consent to the use of his/her name and entry in any manner by hpshopping.com and its advertising and promotion agencies without further compensation. Neither hpshopping.com and Hewlett-Packard Company nor its affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, or related companies are responsible for any damages, taxes, or expenses that the winner might incur as a result of this contest or receipt of prizes. The winner accepting the prizes agrees that the prizes are awarded on the condition that hpshopping.com and its agents, representatives, affiliates and employees will have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of the prizes. The winner further acknowledges that hpshopping.com is not responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to any prize, including but not limited to its quality, mechanical condition or fitness.
7. Entries made by Internet will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. Authorized account holder is deemed as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, service provider or other online organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. If a potentially winning entry is an Internet or other computer entry, a potential winner may be requested to provide hpshopping.com with proof that a potential winner is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the potentially winning entry. If for any reason the online portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of hpshopping.com that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this contest hpshopping.com reserves the right at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest. HPshopping.com assumes no responsibility 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. HPshopping.com is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by hpshopping.com 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 participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this contest.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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