MarketSurveys.com
Online Market Research Survey Sweepstakes
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Promotion (also referred to herein as "Sweepstakes") begins on or about 12:01 AM Pacific Time on September 1, 2008 and ends at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on September 30, 2008 (the "Promotion Period").
THERE ARE TWO (2) METHODS OF ENTRY:
(A). Visitors to www.marketsurveys.com will be invited to complete market research surveys which will be provided by the Sponsor during the Promotion Period. Individuals who choose to participate, and complete a survey or view survey pages, in its entirety, and submit same, will be "automatically entered" into the sweepstakes. For each specified survey completed and for viewing pages within the site, participant will receive the corresponding number of points. Each Market Survey completed will be clearly marked with a point value. Each point is worth one (1) entry into the sweepstakes. Each MarketSurveys.com page viewed will be worth .01 point for a maximum of 500 pages a day (5 points). Participants may accumulate point values of up to 20 points per day for a maximum of 600 points in September. Partial points will be accumulated until the end of the month, then rounded up to the nearest whole point.
(B). Participants who register, but are unable to, or do not wish to complete a survey, for any reason, may submit entries by hand-printing name, complete address, phone number, date of birth, and e-mail address (optional) on a 3 x 5 card and mailing, in a hand-printed #10 business-size envelope to: MarketSurveys.com "Market Research Survey" Sweepstakes, c/o USSC Mail Depot, 625 Panorama Trail (Bldg. #2, Suite #150), Rochester, NY 14625, to be postmarked by 9/30/2008 and received by 10/7/2008. Each 3 x 5 card must be mailed separately. No mechanical reproduced 3x5 cards or envelopes will be accepted.
In case of dispute, on-line entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
Limit: Twenty (20) entries per person, per day, six hundred (600) per month regardless of method of entry. Any person who attempts to participate with multiple e-mail and/or street addresses, under multiple identities, attempts to use any robotic device or artifice to enter multiple times in violation of this entry limitation will be disqualified
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Sweepstakes open to all legal US residents of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, age 18 or over. Employees and their immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings, children and each of their respective spouses) of Sponsor and their advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win.
WINNER SELECTION: On or about 10/09/2008, an independent sweepstakes administrator will select Three (3) Grand Prize winners in a random drawing, from among all eligible entries received. Winner will be contacted either via telephone or e-mail, and confirmed in writing via US Postal Service, or other form of home-delivery. Judges' decisions are final. Odds of winning will depend on the total number of eligible entries received.
PRIZE: Three (3) Grand Prize winners will each receive $500.00 Cash.
Total Value of all prizes to be awarded is $1,500.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: All taxes on prize are the winner's sole responsibility. No prize transfer or substitution, except by Sponsor, in its sole discretion. Winner must sign an "Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability, and where allowed, a Publicity Release" and return within 7 days of notification or prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants agree to all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and by the decisions of the independent sweepstakes administrator and the Sponsor, which are binding and final in all respects. Winner will be asked to submit a digital photograph of him/her and a testimonial. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Sponsor to publish winner's name and/or likeness, and testimonial if it so chooses, without additional compensation, unless and except where prohibited by law. By entering, entrants release and agree to hold harmless Sponsor, the independent sweepstakes administrator. their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agencies and the officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives of these entities from any and all liability arising from, or in connection with participation in the Sweepstakes or the receipt, possession, acceptance or use/misuse of the prize offered. Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to tamper with, deliberately damage or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to prosecute and seek damages from any such individual to the fullest extent permitted by law (in addition to disqualification of such individual if an entrant). Tampering includes but is not limited to forwarding surveys (in whole or in part) to another individual or any reproduction/republication of surveys.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Sponsor and its agents and affiliates are not responsible for: any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error, technical malfunctions, failures, omission, interruption, deletion, or defect of any telephone network, computer online systems, computer equipment, service providers, or software, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Sweepstakes, inability to access the survey site, theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries, transactions that are processed late or incorrectly or are incomplete or lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, printing or human errors, and any mailed entries which are late, lost, incomplete, misdirected, stolen, mutilated, illegible or mailed postage due, or any combination thereof. If, for any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor, the Promotion cannot be implemented as planned, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion, and select the winner from all eligible entries received up to the time of termination and all eligible mailed entries. Notice of such action by Sponsor will be posted on www.marketsurveys.com.
WINNERS LIST: For confirmation of the Grand Prize winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope, to be received no later than 9/30/2008, to:
MarketSurveys.com
"Market Research Survey Sweepstakes" Winners List Request
PO Box 25497, Rochester, NY 14625.
SPONSOR: MarketSurveys.com, P.O. Box 230, Glendale, CA 91209
INDEPENDENT SWEEPSTAKES ADMINISTRATOR: The US Sweepstakes & Fulfillment Company, 625 Panorama Trail (Building 2, Suite 100), Rochester, NY 14625.
VOID OUTSIDE THE US AND WHERE PROHIBITED.
