SYW "LocalAd
– Didn’t Get What I Wanted" Sweepstakes
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 "LocalAd -
Didn't Get What I Wanted" Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to individuals
who are: (i) legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District
of Columbia at the time of entry, (ii) at least eighteen (18) years old at the
time of entry, and (iii) a Bonus Shop Your Way Member or higher at the time of
entry. To become a Shop Your Way 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.
The
Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and
regulations and is void 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 Sweepstakes.
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 Sweepstakes begins on December
29, 2013 at 12:00:01 am Central Time (“CT”), and ends on January 4, 2014 at 11:59:59
pm CT (the “Promotion Period”).
4. How to Submit an Entry:
During the
Promotion Period, visit http://www.shopyourway.com/sweeps and log into the “Sweeps”
application on Shop Your Way. Select the Sweepstakes banner, click “Get Started
Now” and follow the instructions to accept these rules and our privacy policy. Once
you click “Get Started,” one (1) distinct Poll question(s) will appear in a
pop-up module on-screen. Answer all one (1) Poll question(s) that appear
on-screen. Your answers will not be judged.
Complete these steps to receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. You
will only receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes regardless of how many
poll questions you answer.
Additional Entries:
You
may receive up to two (2) additional sweepstakes entries by sharing the
Sweepstakes on Facebook and/or Twitter as follows:
Facebook: Click the
“Sweepstakes” page on the left hand navigation of SHOP YOUR WAY. Select this
Sweepstakes, 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.
Twitter: Click
the “Sweepstakes” page on the left hand navigation of SHOP YOUR WAY. Select
this Sweepstakes, 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) additional entry for sharing the Sweepstakes on
Facebook regardless of how many times you share the Sweepstakes. You will only receive one (1) additional
entry for sharing the Sweepstakes on Twitter regardless of how many times you
share the Sweepstakes.
No purchase of any
product is necessary.
As
used herein, “Content” refers to all information, materials or content you may
submit in connection with the Sweepstakes, if any. Content will not be judged.
Entrants
represent and warrant that their Content is the original work of such entrant,
it has not been copied from others, it has not previously won awards, it does
not violate the rights of any other person or entity, and publication of the
Content via various media including Web posting will not infringe on the rights
of any third party. Any Entrants
indemnify and hold harmless, Released Parties from any claims to the
contrary.
Limit: Limit three (3) entry/entries per
person/Shop Your Way Member during the Promotion Period.
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 Shop Your Way account used to
register will be deemed to be the entrant.
The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned to the
Shop Your Way account. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of
being the Shop Your Way account holder.
By submitting Content, you agree that your Content is gratuitous
and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation,
that Sponsor is free to use or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the
Content on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas
without any additional compensation to you. You acknowledge that, by acceptance
of your Content, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related
ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained
from sources other than you.
All
Content submitted by you must conform to the additional submission requirements
set forth herein:
5. Drawing: Sponsor will randomly select ten (10) potential Sweepstakes winner(s) from all
eligible entries received, on or around January 5, 2014. The potential winner(s) will be notified by a newsfeed
story, on http://www.shopyourway.com/tag/win-your-way/1863996, and/or by
email. Odds of
winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Potential winner(s) are subject to verification. Potential winner(s) may be required to fully complete, sign and timely return an unaltered
Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability Release provided by Sponsor, and, where
lawful, an unaltered Publicity Release within seven (7) days of prize
notification. 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 that prize may be forfeited. Sponsor
may provide the winner(s) 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. Winner(s) may be issued an IRS 1099
form. Prize(s) 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. The prize(s) will be
awarded on a temporary basis until such time that winner(s) have been verified by Sponsor.
In the event that a winner is not verified, Sponsor reserves the right
to reverse point award posted to that member’s account.
Receiving a prize is
contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. Prize(s) will be credited to Shop Your Way Account(s) within approximately 10 weeks after the verification
of the winner(s).
6. Prize (10): Ten (10) winner(s) will each receive 100,000 Shop Your Way Points. Receipt, use and redemption of points are
subject to the terms and conditions at www.shopyourway.com/sywr-terms-of-service.
Approximate Retail Value: $1000.00. Prize(s) are non-transferable and no substitution will be made
except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves
the right to substitute a prize for one of equal or greater value if the
designated prize should become unavailable for any reason.
Prize(s)
are taxable income to the winner(s) and winner(s) will be responsible for all
taxes and fees associated with 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. Limit: One (1) prize per person/Shop Your Way account.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner(s)
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
Sweepstakes or receipt or use or
misuse of any prize or any item redeemed in connection with a prize and/or use
of the Content.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the
Sweepstakes constitutes a winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of
winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown, state,
and wish list 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 Shop Your Way
website, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.
9. Ownership &
License: Providing Content
grants Sponsor and its agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or
modify such Content in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and
without consideration to the entrant. By
accepting a prize, each winner agrees that his or her Content will be deemed a
Work Made For Hire under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it
cannot be so deemed, then winner irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor
all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her Content, including
all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may
have, in the United States and worldwide, therein, for consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. Winner hereby waives in favor of Sponsor, all
rights of “Droit Moral” or “Moral Rights of Authors” or any similar rights or
principles of law that winner may now or later have to their Content. Sponsor reserves the right to alter, change
or modify the winning Content, in its sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor, winner(s) shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of
assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to
establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to
the Content and of the copyrights transferred and “Moral Rights of Authors”
waived under these Official Rules.
Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall
not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor’s rights and Sponsor may at a later time
request the assignment.
10. General
Conditions: Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, 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
Sweepstakes, 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 Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes
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.
11. 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 Sweepstakes; (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 Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may
occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes or receipt or
use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is
confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or
corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, if it is
possible. If the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, is discontinued for any
reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing
from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for
the prize(s) offered herein. No more
than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical,
seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of
prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed,
Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a
random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
12. Binding
Arbitration: Any
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Sweepstakes 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 SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU DO NOT
AGREE TO HAVE ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARBITRATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE
OFFICIAL RULES.
BY
PARTICIPATING IN THE SWEEPSTAKES, 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 SWEEPSTAKES, 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.
13. Governing Law
& Jurisdiction:
The Official Rules and the Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes Official Rules, or the rights and obligations
of Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, 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 12 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.
14. 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.
15. Winners List: For a winners list, visit http://www.shopyourway.com/tag/win-your-way/1863996.
The winners list will be posted after
winner confirmation and verification are complete.
This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored,
endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Twitter.