Shop Your
Way Sparkling Sweet Instant Points Instant Win Game
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE
OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1.
Eligibility: Shop Your Way (“SYW”)
“Sparkling Sweet Instant Points Instant Win Game” (the “Game”) is open only to
individuals who are: (i) legal residents of the fifty
(50) United States (excluding Rhode Island) and the District of Columbia at the
time of play; (ii) at least thirteen (13) years old at the time of play; (iii)
a SYW Email Member (members who have provided Sponsor with a valid email
address and are currently opted in to receive promotional emails from SYW at
the time of play). To become a SYW member at no cost, visit http://www.shopyourway.com. Employees of Sears Holdings Management Corporation, and
its direct and indirect subsidiaries who hold a position of Divisional Vice
President (e.g., Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, etc.) or higher as
well as their immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and
household members of each such employee are not eligible to enter or win.
Sponsor’s employees must be in good standing as determined by Sponsor’s human
resources department at the time of entry and prize award, and, if the Game is
only open to a class of SYW members selected by Sponsor, then only those
individuals whose status on the Sweepstakes banner states “eligible.”
The Game is subject to
all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void in
Rhode Island and where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and
unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which
are final and binding in all matters related to the Game. Winning a prize is
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2.
Sponsor: Sears Holdings
Management Corporation, 3333 Beverly Rd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60179.
3.
Timing: The Game begins on August 18, 2016 at
approximately 12:00:01 am Central Daylight Savings Time (“CDT”) and ends on
October 1, 2016 at 11:59:59 pm CDT (the “Game Period”).
4. How to Submit an Entry: During
the Promotion Period, (i) Visit http://www.shopyourway.com/sweeps and
log into the “Sweeps” application on SYW. Select
the Sweepstakes banner, click “Get Started Now”, accept these Official Rules
and our privacy policy; and (ii) Follow the on-screen instructions to receive one
(1) play (“Play”) into the Game.
Additional Game Plays:
Once entrants complete the Play method described above, each
entrant may earn up to three (3) total bonus game plays (“Bonus Game Plays”)
during the Promotion Period by following the on-screen instructions.
·
Enter Super Code From sywsweeps.blogspot.com (Earn one (1) Bonus
Game Play): Go to
sywsweeps.blogspot.com and obtain one (1) Super Code. Click this “Game” page on
the left hand navigation of SYW and expand the entry by hitting the “>”
button to select this Game, enter the Super Code into the "Enter
Other Sweeps Code" field, and click the "Go" button to receive
one (1) Bonus Game Play. You will only receive one (1) Bonus Game Play
regardless of how many times you submit the same Super Code.
· Share
the Game on Facebook (Earn one (1) Bonus Game Play): Click
the “Game” page on the left hand navigation of SYW. Select this Game, and
expand the entry by hitting the “>” button. Choose the “Facebook” icon found
on the bottom right-hand corner, and sign onto your account using your Facebook
login information. After the link loads in the pop-up window—and you are
satisfied with all the fields—hit the “Share Link” button to add to your
Facebook feed. You will only receive one (1) Bonus Game Play for sharing
the Game on Facebook regardless of how many times you share the Game.
· Share
the Game on Twitter (Earn one (1) Bonus Game Play): Click
the “Game” page on the left hand navigation of SYW. Select this Game, and
expand the entry by hitting the “>” button. Choose the “Twitter” icon found
on the bottom right-hand corner, and sign onto your account using your Twitter
login information. After the link loads in the pop-up window—and you are
satisfied with all the fields—hit the “Share Link” button to add to your
Twitter feed. You will only receive one (1) Bonus Game Play for sharing the
Game on Twitter regardless of how many times you share the Game.
If your screen displays a non-prize-winning message, you are not a
winner of any prize. Prizes are seeded at randomly selected times throughout
the Game Period, and are awarded to the entrant who completes a Play in
accordance with these Official Rules (whose Play is properly received and
recorded by Sponsor's computer on or after a randomly-selected time during the
Game Period) and receive a prize-winning message will win a prize (subject to
verification). All Plays must be received and recorded during the Game Period
to be eligible. An entrant is not a winner of any prize, even if a winning
prize message or any other aspect of the Game should so indicate, unless and
until the entrant’s eligibility and the potential winning claim have been
verified. Sponsor will not accept screen shots or other evidence of winning in
lieu of the validation process.
Your
opinions of any product or brand should accurately and honestly reflect your
thoughts and experiences regarding that product. No purchase of any
product is necessary. Game Plays must be obtained legitimately.
Limit: Limit one (1) Play per day per person/SYW Member during the Game
Period. Limit up to forty five (45) Plays per person/SYW Member during the Game
Period. Limit up to three (3) Bonus Game Plays per person/SYW Member available
during the Game Period. For purposes of this Game, a “Day” begins at 12:00:01
am CDT each calendar day and ends at 11:59:59 pm CDT the same day. The
number of Instant Win prizes available to be won will decrease during the Game
Period as Instant Win prizes are awarded and claimed.
Multiple
entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any
entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using
multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or
any other methods may void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be
disqualified, in Sponsor’s discretion. Use of any automated system to
participate is prohibited and may result in disqualification, in Sponsor’s
discretion. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized
account holder of the SYW account used to register will be deemed to be the
entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned
to the SYW account. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being
the SYW account holder.
5.
Winner Notification/Odds: In addition to an on-screen winner
notification message, the potential winners will be notified by email at the
email address associated with the potential winner’s SYW account. Odds of
winning depend on the number of eligible Plays received and the order in which
such Plays are received.
Potential winners are subject to verification. If a potential
winner is found not to be eligible or not in compliance with these Official
Rules, if attempted notification or any prize is returned as undeliverable, if
any required documents are not returned within the required number of days, if
a winner cannot be verified, or if a winner is otherwise unable or unwilling to
accept and claim the prize as stated, then the potential winner will be disqualified
and his/her prize will be forfeited. Sponsor may provide the winner with a W-9
which winner must complete and return to Sponsor for tax reporting purposes or
prize may be forfeited, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Prize Winners may be
issued an IRS 1099 form. Any prize won by an eligible entrant who is a minor in
his/her state of residence will be awarded to minor’s parent or legal
guardian who must sign and return all required documents, if any.
Receiving a prize is
contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. The
Prizes will be awarded on a temporary basis until such time that winners have
been verified by Sponsor. In the event that a Prize Winner is not
verified, Sponsor reserves the right to reverse point award posted to that
member’s account. Prizes will be credited to SYW Accounts within approximately
ten (10) weeks after the verification of the winners.
6. Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Six (16,876)
Prizes and their approximate retail values (“ARV”): One (1) Grand Prize: One (1) Winner will receive five hundred thousand
(500,000) Shop Your Way points. ARV of Grand Prize: $500; Two Hundred
Twenty Five (225) First Prizes: Two Hundred Twenty Five (225) Winners
will each receive one thousand (1,000) Shop Your Way points. ARV of
each First Prize: $1.00; Four Hundred Fifty (450) Second Prizes: Four
Hundred Fifty (450) Winners will each receive five hundred (500) Shop Your Way
points. ARV of each Second Prize $0.50; and Sixteen
Thousand Two Hundred (16,200) Third Prizes: Sixteen Thousand Two
Hundred (16,200) Winners will each receive two hundred fifty (250)
Shop Your Way points. ARV of each Third Prize: $0.25. Total
ARV of all prizes: $5,000. Receipt, use and redemption of
points are subject to the terms and conditions at www.shopyourway.com/sywr-terms-of-service. All
First Prizes, Second Prizes and Third Prizes must be redeemed within fourteen
(14) days from receipt or Prize will be expired. The ARV of each
prize is determined as of the date of printing of these Official
Rules. Prizes are non-transferable, non-redeemable for cash and no
substitutions will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole
discretion. Limit up to two (2) prizes per SYW member/account. Sponsor
reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if
the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. The difference
in value of prize as stated herein and value at time of prize notification, if
any, will not be awarded.
Grand
Prize Winner will be responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize
receipt and/or use. All First Prize Winners, Second Prize Winners and Third
Prize Winners may be responsible for taxes and fees on prize receipt and/or use,
if any. If a winner is an associate of Sears Holding Management Corporation or
its direct and indirect subsidiaries, the prize will be added to the winner’s
W-2 reportable earnings and be subject to payroll taxes and income tax
withholding. For these associates only, Sears Holdings Management Corporation
(or the appropriate corporate affiliate) will include a tax gross-up equal to
35% of the value of the prize, which is intended to offset most, but not
necessarily all, taxes due on the prize.
7.
Release: By receipt of a prize, each winner
agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and
prize suppliers (if any), and each of their respective parent companies and
each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents; Facebook, Inc.;
and Twitter Inc. (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any
claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury,
death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the
Game or receipt or use or misuse of any prize and/or use of the Content.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Game
constitutes a winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s
name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state submitted
(if any) for promotional purposes in any media now known or hereinafter
developed, worldwide, without further payment or consideration. Winners’ names
and likenesses may be published on SYW website, in Sponsor’s sole
discretion.
9.
General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify
the Game, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other
factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper
functioning of the Game, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
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 Game or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any
other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by
any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Game may
be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made,
Sponsor reserves 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.
10.
Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not
responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by
entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated
with or utilized in the Game; (2) technical failures of any kind, including,
but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone
lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in
any part of the entry process or the Game; (4) technical or human error which
may occur in the administration of the Game or the processing of entries; (5)
late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage
to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or
in part, from entrant’s participation in the Game or receipt or use or misuse
of any prize or any item redeemed in connection with a prize. If for any
reason an entrant's Play is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost,
or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another Game
Play, if it is possible. If, for any reason, the Game is not capable of
running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs,
tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any
other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Game,
Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the Game and all remaining prizes not distributed at the time
of cancellation, termination or suspension will not be awarded. If due to a
computer programming, production, technical, seeding, or other error or reason,
more prizes are claimed than intended to be awarded according to Section 6,
prizes will be awarded in a random drawing from among all valid prize claims
received. No more than the stated number of prizes will be
awarded.
11.
Binding Arbitration: Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this
Game shall be settled by binding arbitration in a location determined by the
arbitrator as set forth herein (provided that such location is reasonably
convenient for claimant), or at such other location as may be mutually agreed
upon by the parties, in accordance with the procedural rules for commercial
disputes set forth in the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures of
JAMS (“JAMS Rules and Procedures”) then prevailing, and judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. The arbitrator shall be selected pursuant to the JAMS Rules and
Procedures. The arbitrator shall apply Illinois law consistent with the Federal
Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims
of privilege recognized at law. In the event that the claimant is able to
demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to
the costs of litigation, Sponsor will pay as much of the claimant’s filing and
hearing fees in connection with the arbitration as the arbitrator deems
necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive. If any part
of this arbitration provision is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal
(other than that claims will not be arbitrated on a class or representative
basis), or otherwise conflicts with the rules and procedures established by
JAMS, then the balance of this arbitration provision shall remain in effect and
shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the invalid,
unenforceable, illegal or conflicting provision were not contained herein. If,
however, the portion that is deemed invalid, unenforceable or illegal is that
claims will not be arbitrated on a class or representative basis, then the
entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void, and neither
claimant nor Sponsor shall be entitled to arbitrate their dispute. Upon filing
a demand for arbitration, all parties to such arbitration shall have the right
of discovery, which discovery shall be completed within sixty days after the
demand for arbitration is made, unless further extended by mutual agreement of
the parties. THE ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH
SHALL BE IN THE ENTRANT’S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS
MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRATOR MAY
NOT CONSOLIDATE OR JOIN THE CLAIMS OF OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES WHO MAY BE
SIMILARLY SITUATED. DO NOT ENTER THIS GAME IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO HAVE
ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARBITRATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
BY
PARTICIPATING IN THE GAME, EACH ENTRANT AGREES THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW: (1) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING
OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE GAME, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, WILL BE RESOLVED
INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH BINDING ARBITRATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WITHOUT RESORT TO
ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (2) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS WILL BE
LIMITED TO ACTUAL THIRD-PARTY, OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED (IF ANY), BUT IN NO
EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS' FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE; (3) UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY ENTRANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND
ENTRANT HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK, PUNITIVE,
INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS AND/OR ANY OTHER
DAMAGES, OTHER THAN ACTUAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES), AND/OR ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE
DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED; AND (4) ENTRANT'S REMEDIES ARE
LIMITED TO A CLAIM FOR MONEY DAMAGES (IF ANY) AND ENTRANT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR EQUITABLE RELIEF. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO
EVERY ENTRANT.
12.
Governing Law & Jurisdiction: The Official Rules and
the Game are governed by US law and are subject to all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations. All issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Game Official Rules,
or the rights and obligations of Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the
Game, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Illinois, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules
thereof, and any matters or proceedings which are not subject to arbitration as
set forth in Section 11 of these Official Rules and/or for entering any
judgment on an arbitration award, shall take place in the State of Illinois, in
the City of Chicago.
13.
Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected
from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy found at http://www.shopyourway.com/privacy-policy. You
understand that you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to
Facebook or Twitter.
14. Winners List: To
obtain a list of winners, visit www.shopyourway.com/SweepsSYW. The
Winners List will be posted after winner confirmations and verifications are
complete.
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