Specialty Retailers, Inc. On-Line
Customer Service Survey Promotion
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY, PURCHASES DO NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES
RECEIVED.
1. Eligibility: The Specialty Retailers, Inc. On-Line
Customer Service Survey Promotion and Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is open only to
legal residents of the United States excluding Delaware, Florida, Kansas,
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, who are at least 18 years of age at the time of
entry.
Employees of Sponsor, Administrator and
their parent and affiliate companies, suppliers as well as the immediate family
(spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such
employee are not eligible.
Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional
agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's and Administrator’s
decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Giveaway. Winning a prize is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and
regulations. Void where
prohibited.
2. Sponsor and Administrator: Sponsor is Specialty Retailer's
Inc. 10201 Main Street Houston, TX
77025. Administrator is Reality Based Group, Inc., 8701 N. Mopac Expy. Ste. 310, Austin, TX 78759.
3. How to Enter: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY, PURCHASES DO NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Simply
log onto www.stagestores.com/survey
and complete the survey process (which includes entering the 5-digit promotion
code of a particular Stage Stores Brand store such as Stage, Palais
Royal, Peebles, Goody’s and Bealls); upon completing the survey you will automatically
be entered into the Giveaway.
Sponsor is not responsible for incorrect personal or contact information
provided by you during the survey process. Failure to provide name and contact information that allow
Sponsor to notify you in the event your name is selected in the random drawing
will result in your entry being disqualified. One entry per person and/or per email address.
4. Timing: The Giveaway entry period begins September 5, 2010 and
ends September 19, 2010 (the
"Promotional Period").
To be eligible, entries must be received during that time. Winner selection and prize distribution
will take place after the entry period.
5. Winner Determination: Potential winners who comply with the
eligibility requirements in these rules and complete a survey will be entered
into a drawing for the prize related to the survey they participated in. Potential winners will be randomly
selected from all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period; to be
eligible, entries must be submitted within the Promotional Period linked to
that drawing. Any entry selected
that does not contain valid or then current contact information for the entrant
will be discarded, and another potential winner will be selected. Once Sponsor identifies that the
potential winner is eligible, a prize will be awarded. For information on who wins, send a
self addressed stamped envelope to Specialty Retailer's, Inc. 10201 Main Street
Houston, TX 77025 Attn: Survey Sweeps Winner List no later than October 10,
2010.
6. Verification:
All potential winners are subject to verification by Sponsor. An entrant is not a winner of any
prize, even if notified of being a winner unless and until the entrant's
eligibility has been verified. Potential
winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official
Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Any potential Giveaway winner will be
notified by email or phone, after the random drawing selection. If a potential winner of any prize
cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Affidavit of Eligibility,
Liability and Publicity Release within the required time period, or if the prize
is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits prize and another
winner will be selected from the remaining entries.
7. Prize: One (1) Customer Appreciation Gift Card with a $500.00 value
redeemable at any Sponsor retail location. There are five (5) total prizes, one
winner will be selected from among participants in each of the five surveys
conducted, each survey relating to each of our Sponsor retail brands (Stage,
Palais Royal, Peebles, Goody’s and Bealls (excluding Bealls Florida) – selected
during survey). All applicable
taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of winner.
PRIZE MAY NOT BE REDEEMED FOR CASH.
Prize is non-transferable and may not be assigned and must be accepted
as awarded. If winner is deemed a minor in his/her state of residence, prize
will be awarded in the name of a parent or legal guardian.
8. Release: By entering this Giveaway or winning a prize,
winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator, and their
respective subsidiaries, affiliates, vendors, advertising or promotional
agencies, distributors, and each of their respective parent companies and each
such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the
“Released Parties”) from 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 Giveaway or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. Void
where prohibited.
9. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation
in the Giveaway constitutes winners consent to Sponsor’s use of winner’s name,
likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional
or advertising purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or
consideration.
10. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to suspend
and/or modify the Giveaway, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failure
or other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs Sponsor's ability
to properly conduct the Giveaway, as determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes at
random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the factor.
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual found to be in
violation of these Official Rules. Any attempt to undermine the operation of
the Giveaway may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and Sponsor reserves
the right to seek damages 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) technical failures of any kind, (2) any incorrect or
inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing or computing errors
or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway;
(3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Giveaway;
(4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Giveaway
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 Giveaway 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 Giveaway, provided that if it is not possible to
award another entry due to discontinuance of the Giveaway, 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 the event that technical 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.
12. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees
that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or
connected with this Giveaway or any prize awarded shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by
the appropriate federal or Texas State Court located in Harris County, Texas;
(2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual
out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys’ fees. 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 Giveaway, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Texas or any other
jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Texas. By participating in this Giveaway, you agree to waive any
argument or right to contest personal jurisdiction in Harris County Texas.
