High Point Market Live! iPod Giveaway - Official Rules  |  return to the registration page

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1. Eligibility: High Point Market Live iPod Giveaway (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (incl. the District of Columbia) and Canada (excluding Quebec) and who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of High Point Market Authority, Gefen Productions, Emisare, Inc., and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor and Administrator’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: High Point Market Authority, 101 S. Main St., Suite 801, High Point, NC 27260, and Gefen Productions, 142 Church Ave., High Point, NC 27262, U.S.A. Administrator: Emisare, Inc., 620 S. Elm St., Suite 332, Greensboro, NC 27406, U.S.A.

3. Timing: The Sweepstakes begins on March 19, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on April 14, 2007 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Sweepstakes.

4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, visit http://www.highpointmarketlive.org and follow the instructions to complete and submit the full registration form. You automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: Each participant may register one (1) time during the Promotion Period. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of registrations by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, and logins, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or player. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder. Non-winning entries via registration will carry over into subsequent Monthly Entry Periods.

You may also register by completing an entry form of submitting your business card at locations throughout the Spring High Point Market.

5. Drawing: Administrator is an independent judging organization, whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winner from all eligible entries received on March 15, 2007. The drawings will be conducted on Sponsor’s behalf by Emisare, Inc., at approximately 1:00 p.m. ET on March 15, 2007, in Greensboro, NC, U.S.A. The potential winners will be notified by mail, email or phone. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, or if the prize is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits prize. If a Canadian resident (excluding Quebec), the potential winner will be required to correctly answer a time-limited skill-testing question without any assistance in order to be eligible to receive a prize. If the potential winner is a Canadian resident (excluding Quebec) and the question is answered incorrectly, the prize will be forfeited. Potential winner must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries until the prize is claimed.

6. Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: 20GB Video iPod. The ARV of electronic prizes are subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $249 USD. Prizes 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. Winners are responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a Grand Prize depends on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. For U.S. residents, prizes will be fulfilled 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the promotion. For Canadian residents (excluding Quebec), prizes will be fulfilled the latter of 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the promotion or 2-3 weeks after receipt of the skill-testing question.

7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (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.

8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state/province for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.

9. 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 these Official Rules 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.

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 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; or (5) 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, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than 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, unawarded, eligible prize claims.

11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Central North Carolina or the appropriate North Carolina State Court located in Guilford County, NC U.S.A.; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of North Carolina, U.S.A. without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of North Carolina or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of North Carolina.

12. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to High Point Market’s Privacy Policy www.highpointmarket.org/privacy.htm.

13. Sweepstakes Results: For a list of major prize winners and/or a copy of these Official Rules, send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to “PerkinElmer Monthly iPod Giveaway Winners/Official Rules”, c/o ePrize, LLC, P.O. Box 8070, Royal Oak, MI 48068-8070, U.S.A. Winner list requests must be received by May 15, 2007. VT and Canadian residents may exclude return postage.

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