A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS CONSUMER PRODUCTS
“PRODUCT REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES”
OFFICIAL RULES
- ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED.Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older as of February 8, 2008. A&E Television Networks ("Sponsor") and MBS Insight, Inc. ("Administrator"), and each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, distributors, wholesalers and retailers, prize providers, participating retail locations and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and members of the immediate family and persons living in the same household of each are ineligible. Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01 AM (ET) on February 8, 2008 and ends at 11:59:59 PM (ET) on May 8, 2008.
- ENTER:There are two (2) ways to enter the A&E Television Networks Consumer Products "PRODUCT REVIEW Sweepstakes"; (1) ONLINE: Between 12:00:01 AM (ET) on February 8, 2008 and 11:59:59 PM (ET) on May 8, 2008 ("Entry Period"), visit http://www.ShopAETV.com, http://www.ShopHistoryChannel.com, http://www.ShopBiography.com or http://www.HistoryEducation.com and navigate to the product detail page for the item you want to review. Click on the link to write a review. Log in with your store account or create one if you do not have one. You will then be brought to a page where you will rate the product by assigning a star rating and write a product review. Review copy is required and must be at least 50 characters long. Click the preview button. Preview your review and click submit or edit if you wish to make changes. You will then see a message "Thank you! You have successfully submitted your review for this product. Please note that it may take up to 72 hours for your review to appear." The review then goes through a review process, and if accepted is posted to the site within 72 hours. (2) MAIL IN: Send a postcard (which must be received by May 1,2008) with your full name, mailing address, day and evening telephone numbers and email address to A&E Television Networks Consumer Products Product Review Sweepstakes P.O.Box 9207, Central Islip NY 11722-9877. Limit one (1) entry per person per day. By entering the Sweepstakes online, participants acknowledge that they are aware of and agree with the Sponsor’s privacy policy located at: http://www.aetv.com/corporate_privacy_policy.jsp. Sponsor and Administrator are not responsible for malfunctions of electronic equipment, computer hardware, software, malfunctions of the entrant’s email provider, lost, late, incomplete entries or entries not received in time for the drawings. Entries not containing the required information and entries in excess of the stated limit by the same person will be disqualified. Proof of delivery or receipt of entry will not be deemed by Sponsor or Administrator as proof of entry. Any attempted form of entry other than described herein is void. Sponsor and Administrator are not responsible for problems downloading entries from the website, for any other technical problems related to website entries or for any delays or other problems associated with the United States Postal Service. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Sweepstakes in the event that it becomes infected by a computer virus or is otherwise technically impaired, or for any other reason that interferes with the fair administration of the Sweepstakes, and award prizes from among all eligible entries received prior to cancellation or termination. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an online entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the e mail account is registered. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your online service will apply. Standard US Postal rates apply. All entries must be received no later than 11:59:59 PM (ET) on May 1, 2008.
- WINNER SELECTION:Five (5) Grand Prize Winner(s), will be selected in a random drawing conducted by Administrator on or about May 16, 2008 from among all eligible entries received by Administrator, an independent judging organization, whose decisions are final on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Winner will be notified by phone or express mail on or about May 21, 2008. As a condition of winning, Grand Prize Winners will be required to sign and return, within 14 days of notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release from Liability ("Release") and a statement affirming the Winner’s grant of all rights in the submission and the right to use winner’s name, likenesses (where legal), and entry in all media for promotional purposes to Sponsor, Administrator and Promotional Partners solely in connection with this promotion and without additional compensation. Failure to return any documents within the time specified or failure to respond to notification attempts or return of any prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Prizes will be awarded.
- PRIZES AND ODDS OF WINNING:Five (5) Grand Prize(s): One AETN Gift Card in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100). Total Actual Retail Value of all prizes: $500. Odds of winning depend on total number of eligible entries received. Grand Prizes do not include taxes, insurance, telephone charges, personal expenses, gratuities, incidental charges, or any other items not specifically described in these Official Rules, and all expenses for any of the foregoing are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize Winners. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent for any prizes will be permitted, except at Sponsor's sole discretion due to prize unavailability for any reason, and only then for a prize of greater or equal value determined by Sponsor shall be allowed.
- GENERALSweepstakes is governed by the laws of the State of New York, with venue and jurisdiction in New York County, NY and all claims must be resolved in the courts located in New York County, NY. By entering, entrants/winners agree: (1) to release the Sponsor, Administrator and Promotional Partners and their agents from all liability, loss or damage arising out of their participation in the Sweepstakes and with respect to their acceptance and use/misuse of the prizes; (2) to be bound by the Official Rules; (3) that the decision of the Sponsor is final and binding on all matters relating to the Sweepstakes; and (4) to the use of their names and likenesses for advertising and promotional purposes solely in connection with this promotion, in all media worldwide (including online) without additional compensation, except in TN and where otherwise prohibited by law. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes. Grand Prize Winners will be issued an IRS 1099 tax form for all prizes valued over Six Hundred Dollars ($600). Sponsor, Administrator and Promotional Partners are not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic or postal communications whether caused by the sender or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Sweepstakes, which may limit the ability to participate or by any human or technical error which may occur in the processing of the entries in this Sweepstakes. As permitted by law in accordance with the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, Sponsor may use information, which all entrants provide about themselves, to send them announcements about the Sponsor’s products and programs via electronic and ordinary mail. An entry, except where prohibited by law, constitutes a grant of permission to the Sponsor or its agents to include winners’ names on the http://www.ShopAETV.com, http://www.ShopHistoryChannel.com, http://www.ShopBiography.com or http://www.HistoryEducation.com sites and in connection with a Winners’ List without further notice or without additional compensation.
- WINNERS LIST:For a list of winners, available after May 16, 2008, send a self-addressed stamped envelope, to be postmarked no later than May 1, 2008 to: A&E Television Networks Consumer Products Product Review Sweepstakes – WINNERS LIST P.O.Box 9207, Central Islip NY 11722-9877.
- RULES REQUEST:For a copy of Official Rules, please visit the http://www.ShopAETV.com, http://www.ShopHistoryChannel.com, http://www.ShopBiography.com or http://www.HistoryEducation.com and click on the A&E Television Networks Consumer Products "Product Reviews Sweepstakes" link or send a self-addressed envelope to be postmarked no later than April 23, 2008 and received no later than May 1, 2008, to A&E Television Networks Consumer Products "Product Review Sweepstakes" – RULES REQUEST. VT residents may omit return postage.
- SPONSOR:A&E Television Networks, 235 East 45th Street, New York, New York, 10017. © 2008 A&E Television Networks. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.A&E® is a registered trademark of A&E Television Networks.
- ADMINISTRATOR:MBS Insight, Inc., P.O. Box 30121, Omaha, NE 68103