No Purchase or Payment Necessary. A Purchase or Payment of Any Kind Will Not Increase Your Chances of Winning.
- Eligibility
Become a hessnatur ambassador and discover Peru. The “Competition” is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including District of Columbia) who are eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry. Void in Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited by law. Employees of hessnatur, or any of its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, or any other company or individual involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Competition and their immediate family (spouse, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and step-children) and household members (people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year) of each such employee are not eligible. We reserve the right to exclude participants who employed fraudulent means to influence the outcome of the competition. The Competition is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. 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 Competition. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
- Sponsor
Hess Natur Textilien GmbH, Marie-Curie-Str. 7, 35510 Butzbach, Germany.
- Timing
The Competition begins on March 17, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on July 01, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Competition Period”). Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Competition.
- How to Enter
During the Competition Period, go to www.hessnatur.com/ambassador, fill out the online entry form completely by providing the requested information and submit the online form.
- Winner Selection
The winning team composed of two persons will be determined by an open internet poll. The team that attracts the most votes for their application (irrespective of their chosen media format) will travel to Peru as described below in Section 8 and in greater detail in the official Competition (www.hessnatur.com/ambassador). The winning team will be contacted using the email address provided with the entry and may be awarded the prize (subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these rules.) Sponsor’s decisions as to the administration and operation of the Competition and the selection of potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Competition. Winning team will be notified by email. Failure to respond to the initial verification e-mail within ten (10) days of notification or return of e-mail notification as undeliverable after three (3) attempts will result in disqualification.
POTENTIAL WINNING TEAM IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE COMPETITION.
- Verification of Potential Winning Team
Potential winning team must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. The potential winning team will be notified by email. The potential winning team will be required to sign and return to Sponsor, within ten (10) days of the date notice is sent, an affidavit of eligibility, and liability/publicity release (except where prohibited) in order to claim his/her prize if applicable. If the potential winning team cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release within the required time period (if applicable), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner forfeits prize. If one individual of the winning team is disqualified, the entire team is disqualified. In the event that a potential winning team of a sweepstakes prize is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor may award the applicable prize to an alternate winner (depends on voting) from among all remaining eligible entries. With equal votes, winners will be selected by lottery.
- Prizes
ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: One (1) Grand Prize Winning Team will receive a trip to Peru as described in the official Competition (www.hessnatur.com/ambassador). If winning team is unable to travel within the time period required, the prize will be forfeited. Trip subject to availability and blackout dates. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses or incidentals are the responsibility solely of winner. Travel companion must be 18 years of age or older as of the date of departure and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. The trip will originate from one location most convenient to the members of the winning team. No cash equivalent exists for the prize. The prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason. Winning team is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Competition Period.
- Entry Conditions and Release
Winning team agrees that their names and addresses may appear on the hessnatur website. Winning team agrees to submit daily contributions (words, pictures, videos) to the hessnatur blog for the duration of their trip. Winners who have previously not been hessnatur customers will be issued with a customer code. Participants agree that as a condition of their participation all uploaded material (videos, photos or written words) may be used for all generally established purposes throughout the hessnatur website (picture gallery, blog, hessnatur info etc.) without time limits or payment above and beyond the competition prize.
Participants confirm that they own the full rights to this picture, i.e. they took the photo themselves or they have the photographer’s full consent to use the picture as they please.
Should another person be visible in the photo, then the participant needs to establish this person’s full consent to the publication of the picture. Should the photo contain the image of a minor, then the participant must have established its legal guardians’ consent. In case of a breach of the stipulations specified in this and the following paragraph the participant indemnifies hessnatur from all liability.
Please be mindful of privacy matters. The internet is a public space. It cannot always be monitored who views uploaded pictures. Photos should never be defamatory, offensive, threatening, obscene, abusive or libelous.
Admissible Video and picture formats: avi, 3gp, mov, mp4, mpeg, flv, mkv, jpg, png.
- Publicity
Except where prohibited, participation in the Competition constitutes winners consent to Sponsor's and its agents' use of winner's names, full adresses, e-mail adresses, likeness, photograph, videos, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for Competition purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
- General Conditions
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Competition, 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 prize, 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 prize or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other Competition or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the prize 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.
- 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 Competition; (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 Competition; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Competition 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 Competition 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 play, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Competition, 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.
- Disputes
DISPUTES/CHOICE OF LAW: Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in Florida, FL. (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. Florida State law, without reference to Florida’s choice of law rules, governs the Promotion and all aspects related thereto.
- Entrant's Personal Information
Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy
- Competition Results
For Contest results send a hand-printed, self-addressed, stamped envelope to Winner’s List - Become a hessnatur ambassador and discover Peru Competition, Hess Natur Textilien GmbH, Marie-Curie-Str. 7, 35510 Butzbach, Germany. Requests for the winner’s list must be received by July 15, 2010.
