Contest
Rules for the 2008
Getaway Giveaway for HorseCity.com
1. ELIGIBILITY. This contest
(the "Contest") is offered by Morris Magazines, LLC, D.B.A. HorseCity.com.
("Sponsor") only to residents of the United States, its territories,
Canada, and its territories, who are at least 18 years old. Canadian residents
may be required to comply with additional eligibility requirements. Employees
and directors of Sponsor and all of its subsidiary and related companies
and the immediate family (spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter
or son, regardless of where they live) or members of their same households
(whether related or not) of such employees and directors are not eligible.
By entering this Contest, you agree to these Official Rules and the decisions
of Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects. No purchase
is necessary to win, and purchasing any product will not improve your chances
to win. Contest void in states where contest is not valid or allowed. Winner
must accept all terms and conditions of prize to qualify. Contest open
to general public.
2. PROMOTIONAL PERIOD. The
promotional period for this Contest begins on 1/3/2008 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern
Time (ET), and ends on 12/20/2008 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET ("Promotional
Period"). Beginning with the month of January, 2008, throughout the
Promotional Period there will be one drawing per month (beginning 7:00
a.m. ET on the first day of the month and ending 4:59:59 a.m. ET on the
first day of the following month, except ending on 12/20/08 at 11:59:59
p.m. for the last month of the Promotional Period) consisting of one drawing
per month.
3. ENTRY. There is no cost
to enter the Contest, which must be entered via the Internet at HorseCity.com/club.
A minimum of 3,000 individual entries per month must be received for contest
to be valid for that month. In the event less than 3,000 individual entries
are received in any month, those entries will be carried over to the next
month. To enter by Internet, your must already have access to the Internet,
as it is not required that you obtain Internet access solely to participate
in this Contest. The computer used to enter the Contest must accept cookies,
or any successor or similar technology (now known or hereafter devised
or discovered), which may be used by HorseCity.com for the purposes of
entry tracking. Access the HorseCity.com Web site at www.HorseCity.com.
Complete the registration form for Web site membership by filling out your
full name, complete home address, including zip code, home telephone number
(including area code), date of birth, gender, email address, how you heard
about HorseCity.com, any other requested fields and follow the instructions
at the Web site. False or fictitious information is not allowed and may
void the entry. All entries must be made manually. One entry per person,
per e-mail address, per month. Entries submitted through the use of scripts,
programs or other electro-mechanical processes (other than manual entry)
are prohibited. No responsibility is assumed for any computer, telephone,
cable, network, satellite, electronic or Internet hardware or software
malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled
transmissions, or service provider/Internet/Web site/use net accessibility
or availability, traffic congestion, or unauthorized human intervention.
4. DRAWING. All winners for
any drawing will be selected by random drawing from all eligible entries
received for that month by Sponsor's legal counsel or designated representative.
All non-winning entries will become the property of Sponsor and may be
used as Sponsor sees fit for marketing, publicity or sale.
5. PRIZE/ODDS. No warranties
or representations of any kind are made about the prizes. Sponsor reserves
the right to exchange any prize for any reason with another prize. No assignment
or transfer of a prize is permitted prior to delivery of the prize to the
winner. Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and
shipping and handling charges. MONTHLY PRIZES: The
total value of monthly prizes to be awarded each month is approximately
$2,500. Prizes will range in value from $40.00 to $1600.00. Some prizes
will be awarded in the form of gift certificates redeemable at selected
online retailers. Gift certificates may be redeemed for the prize indicated
or used towards the purchase of any item offered by the selected retailer.
Neither gift certificates, nor any balance remaining after redemption or
purchase, are redeemable for cash. Any balance after purchase, however,
may be used towards additional or future purchases with said retailer.
Prizes will be mailed to the winners within 60 days of notification and
verification of winning status. GRAND PRIZES: Three
grand prizes will be awarded from all qualified entries. These grand
prizes will be awarded once every four months. Winners will be drawn
at random from all qualified entries. Date of drawing is subject
to change for any reason. Prize is two coach class plane tickets
and a cost inclusive stay at a select dude ranch and or/riding location. Locations
are subject to change for any reason. Winners have 60 days to claim
the prize. Winners have one year to use the prize. It has no
cash value and will be forfeited should the winner choose to not accept
or decline the prize for any reason. Winner and one guest will be
flown in a coach class or lesser seat to the destination chosen by management. No
substitution or exchanges are allowed for any reason. The plane tickets
may not be exchanged or substituted for any reason. Expenses for
lodging and food while at the destination are paid by the destination/lodge
owner. All other expenses are the responsibility of the winner. Winner
and guest will be responsible for all travel costs to and from the airport
for departure to the trip location. Winner and guest will be required
to fly from a major hub of a major airline carrier such as Chicago, Los
Angles, New York or Dallas. All costs including, but not limited
to, additional food, extra days at location, upgrades, insurance, food
and the like here and not named are the responsibility of the winner and/or
the winners guest. Management and/or HorseCity.com can deny the winner
any and all aspects of the prize for any reason should the winner choose
to make the coordination of the trip or the awarding of the prize difficult
beyond what management feels is reasonable to award the prize.
6. GENERAL CONDITIONS. Void
where prohibited. Each winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor,
its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their
respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from
any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person,
including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation
in any contest related activity, or participation in this contest. To accomplish
this, winners must execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Publicity
Release and Release from Liability within 10 days of notification. Failure
to timely return this affidavit, or if prize notification or prize is returned
as non-deliverable, may result in disqualification with an alternate winner
selected. Where permitted by law, winners (and in those instances when
interim drawings have taken place, potential winners who have been selected
in the interim drawings) agrees to grant to Sponsor, and its licensees,
affiliates and assigns, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use,
worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but
not limited to the world wide web, at any time or times, the winner's name,
portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news
or information and for advertising and promotional purposes without additional
consideration; and further without such additional compensation, appear
for, or provide biographical information for use in, any presentation or
other activity which may include filming/audio/video/electronic or other
recordings and/or interviews, as may be determined from time to time by
Sponsor. Failure to make such appearances or grant such rights may result
in disqualification with an alternate winner or potential winner selected;
and while not obligated to do so, Sponsor may in its sole discretion, bear
such reasonable costs and expenses which Sponsor, in its sole discretion,
deems appropriate for winners or potential winners to appear for a presentation
or other activity. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion,
to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering
with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or Web site; to
be in violation of the Terms of Service of the Web site, to be acting in
violation of these Contest Rules; or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike
or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass
any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like
entry methods will void all such entries by such methods. In the event
of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same
email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter
the Contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the participant
and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is deemed
to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider or other organization, which is
responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with
the submitted email address. Sponsor will prosecute any fraudulent activities
to the full extent of the law.
7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.
Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information,
whether caused by Web site users, or tampering or hacking, or by any of
the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest
and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure,
theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Web site. Sponsor is
not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's
computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or
downloading materials from or use of the Web site. If, for any reason,
the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection
by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud,
technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor,
could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity
or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole
discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Internet portion
of this Contest for any drawing(s) and select the winner from regular mail-in
entries and Internet entries received for that drawing prior to the action
taken. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, ITS LICENSEES, AND OR AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES
AND RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING, LEGAL OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR
THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS,
BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF INTERNET SITE www.HorseCity.com OR THE
DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS
OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION
OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS
REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
8. DISPUTES. As a condition
of participating in this Contest, participant agrees that any and all disputes
which cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising
out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually,
without resort to any form of class action, exclusively, before a court
located in Richmond County, Georgia having competent jurisdiction, which
Court shall apply the laws of the State of Georgia without regard for doctrines
of Conflict of Law. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances
will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all
rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other
damages, including attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket
expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Promotion), and participant
further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
9. WINNERS LIST. Winners
list will be displayed online within 96 hours of prize announcement. Winners
list can also be obtained by writing and sending a SASE to: HorseCity.com,
Contest Winners List Please, P.O. Box 936, Augusta, GA 30903.
10. COPPA Policy In accordance
with the Children's Online Protection Policy, we cannot accept registration
from anyone under the age of eighteen. COPPA provides protection for children
while online and prohibits Web sites from accepting any identifiable data
or information from anyone thirteen and under.