Limitations on Eligibility/Availability of Giveaway
This Giveaway is void where prohibited by applicable law. The Giveaway is open and offered only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia age 18 or older. Winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release (the “Affidavit/Release”) as a condition to the delivery of the applicable prize. Employees (and their immediate families or household members) of Public Utilities Fortnightly and their respective parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries are not eligible to enter the Giveaway.
How to Enter
No purchase is necessary to participate in the Giveaway. To enter, you must submit and complete all required information on the entry form collected by Public Utilities Fortnightly. Data collected by Public Utilities Fortnightly will be used to send entrants information from Public Utilities Fortnightly and its parent company, Public Utilities Reports Inc. (PUR).
Each entrant must accept a subscription to Public Utilities Fortnightly to enter the Giveaway. A free-trial subscriber may enter the drawing and is not obligated to continue the subscription after the trial period expires. All entries must include entrant’s name, phone number, mailing address and valid email address. Winners will be notified by email no later than midnight on January 31, 2013.
Prizes
One GRAND PRIZE winner will receive an Amazon.com gift code redeemable for a Kindle Fire tablet, or $199.00 in Amazon.com credit – the retail price of a Kindle Fire at the time the Giveaway rules were established. No
substitutions are permitted, except that Public Utilities Fortnightly reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater monetary value or cash value for any prize. Winners shall be responsible and liable for all federal, state and local taxes on the value of their prize. To receive a complete list of winners or a copy of the Official Giveaway Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Public Utilities Fortnightly, Kindle Fire Giveaway - Winner’s List, 8229 Boone Blvd., Ste. 400, Vienna VA 22182. Specify winner’s list or rules on your request.
Selection
A random drawing will take place on or before December 31, 2012. The winners will be notified by email. Winners must claim their prize within seven (7) business days after the date of email notification of such prize. A Giveaway winner’s failure to respond to the prize notification within the specified seven (7) business days will be considered such Giveaway winner’s forfeiture of the prize and an alternate winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entries. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting the entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person whose name is registered to the e-mail account, and should the person not be able to prove his/her identity against the registered name the entrant will be rejected and result in the disqualification of the entrant from the giveaway. All drawings will be conducted under the supervision of Public Utilities Fortnightly. The decisions of Public Utilities Fortnightly are final and binding in all matters relating to this Giveaway.
Potential winners may be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release (except where prohibited) (the Affidavit/Release). Winners may be issued an IRS 1099 tax form for the approximate retail value of any awarded prize. All prizes offered are being provided “as is” with no warranty or guarantee by Public Utilities Fortnightly, either express or implied. Any and all warranties and/or guarantees on a prize (if any) are subject to the respective manufacturer’s terms therefore, and winner agrees to look solely to such manufacturer(s) for any such warranty and/or guarantee. No transfer, substitution, upgrade, credit, refund or cash equivalent for prizes is allowed except at Public Utilities Fortnightly’s sole discretion. Public Utilities Fortnightly reserves the right, in Public Utilities Fortnightly’s sole and absolute discretion, to substitute a prize or prize component of equal or greater value if a prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason. Limit of one (1) prize per person/family/household. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of prizes. Insurance, tips, taxes and other expenses not specified are not included and are the sole responsibility of each winner. If a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, this will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected. All federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from this Giveaway will be the sole responsibility of each winner. Except where prohibited by law, the winner’s entry and acceptance of the prize constitutes winner’s permission for the Giveaway.
General Conditions and Releases
An entrant or winner may be disqualified from the Giveaway if he or she fails to comply with each provision of these official rules, as determined in the sole discretion of Public Utilities Fortnightly. Public Utilities Fortnightly shall not be liable for 1) failed, returned or misdirected notifications based on inaccurate information provided by the winner on the Giveaway entry form, 2) entries, and responses to winner notifications which are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, postage-due, misdirected, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient in whole or in part or for computer or technical error of any kind, 3) any electronic miscommunications or failures, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit an entrant’s ability to participate in the Giveaway, 4) any technical malfunctions of the telephone network, computer on-line system, computer equipment, software, program malfunctions or other failures, delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human, mechanical or technical in nature, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from downloading any part of this Giveaway or 5) any warranty of fitness or merchantability of any prize or the function or operation thereof, which shall be the sole responsibility of the manufacturer of the prize.
By entering, an entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Public Utilities Fortnightly, Public Utilities Fortnightly and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives from any damage, injury, death, loss, claim, action, demand, or other liability (collectively Claims) that may arise from their acceptance, possession and/or use of any prize or their participation in this promotion, or from any misuse or malfunction of any prize awarded, regardless of whether such Claims, or knowledge of the facts constituting such Claims, exist at the time of entry or arise at any time thereafter. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Giveaway will be ineligible for prizes and may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Public Utilities Fortnightly reserves the right to modify the rules of the Giveaway in any way or at any time. Public Utilities Fortnightly reserves the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Giveaway should viruses, bugs or
other causes beyond their control corrupt the administration, security or proper play of the Giveaway. This Giveaway shall be governed by Virginia law. By participating in this Giveaway, entrants agree that Virginia courts shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Giveaway and that venue shall be only in Vienna, Virginia.