OFFICIAL
CONTEST RULES
VOID
where prohibited by Law
Copy
Cat Business Systems "Worst Copy Machine" Contest is
sponsored by:
Copy
Cat Business Systems with an address of 253 Sunbury St.
Minersville, PA 17954, (“Sponsor”). By participating in the
Contest, you agree to be bound by all of these Official Rules
(“Rules”), unless any part is prohibited by law. Void where
prohibited. The Contest is based on the poor condition the
copier in the business, or office of the entrant and is not a
game of chance.
ELIGIBILITY:
The
contest is open to Businesses large or small, in the T102 FM and
the WPPA am radio stations listening audience. or potential
customers (defined below) who are legal residents of the United
States (except were void by law), who are 18 years or older,
excluding employees, directors, officers and agents of Sponsor,
its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions and advertising
and promotion agencies (collectively, the “Released
Parties”), and the immediate family members (spouses and
parents, children, siblings and their respective spouses) and
those living in the
sam
e household, whether or not related. entrant must complete
an entry form on the official T102 website website (http://www.t102radio.com),
or official WPPA website (http://wpparadio.com)
or, a form that has been given to a contestant. Contestant will
be prompted to enter contact and eligibility verification
information, such as full name, full address, name of employer,
email address and other personal information. Sponsor is not
liable in any manner whatsoever for incorrect information
provided by Contestant.
HOW
TO ENTER:
Please
see the Contest entry page at http://www.t102radio.com
or http://wpparadio.com
(click on the Worst Copier Contest Icon) for the dates and entry
deadlines for the Contest period. Complete and submit the online
entry form, and include your “Reason why my office needs a new
copier”. Entries must be received on the deadline date
indicated for the Contest period on or before APRIL 15,2008 (no
later than 11:59 p.m. EST). Limit one (1) entry per
Contestant-duplicate entries from any person or email address
will be void.
Entries
must: be entrant’s place of employment or own business work;
be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image; not defame or invade
publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased,
or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property
rights or any other third party rights; and not be offensive or
inappropriate, as determined by the Sponsor in its sole
discretion. Any entry that does not conform to these
requirements shall be considered void.
JUDGING
AND PRIZES:
One
(1) potential winner for the Contest will be chosen from among
all eligible entries by a panel of our judges based on the
entrant’s plea concerning the reason they need a new Copier
and shall be based on the following criteria: Need, Creativity
and Originality, and or Most Outrageous reason. Each entrant
will allow a member of the Copy Cat Business Systems
professional team comes to the “Bad” Copier for verification
and to take a photo. Every Entrant will receive a Subway Lunch
Value meal from the Subway on
Centre Street
in
Pottsville
, for entering the contest. In the event of a tie, the panel of
judges shall evaluate the entries submitted by all such tied
entries for Adherence to Copy Cat Business Systems contest
rules, Need, Creativity, Originality, or Outrageous Story. The
tied entry presenting the best reason picked by our judges shall
win the Prize. The odds of winning depend upon the total number
of entries received and the skill of the entries. The following
Prize will be given to the winner of the Contest, unless
otherwise stated in these Rules: Panasonic DP3010 with Staple
Finishing Copier. and an office Party Lunch consisting of 3
party Platters from Subway on
Centre Street
in
Pottsville
, which will feed approximately 21 persons. Any taxes and
any other costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and
use of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winners.
Prize may not be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash,
except by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, which reserves the
right to substitute a prize of comparable. Prize will be
delivered within thirty (30) days following completion of winner
verification process. Sponsor reserves the right to use (or not
use) any entry received from a Contestant for any purpose
described in these Rules. This contest also includes a 1 year
free service contract on the winning copier, and supplies for 1
year for the winning copier (up to30K pages). Winner my upgrade
prize to another reconditioned available model. Removal of the
OLD copier upon request also included.
WINNER
NOTIFICATION:
Winners
will be notified by mail, telephone and/or email And announcer
on T102 and WPPA Radio Stations and may be required to execute
and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability release and a
publicity release within seven (7) days of date of issuance.
Failure to comply within this time period with these Official
Rules or the return of any prize or prize notification will
result in disqualification and, in the sole discretion of
Sponsor, a prize may be awarded to the runner-up. For the name
of Contest winner (available following the end of the Contest
period) send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Copy Cat
Business Systems with an address of
253 Sunbury St.
Minersville
,
PA
17954
, Contest Winner, Requests received more than thirty (30) days
following the end of Contest period will not be honored. The
award will be announced on the MAY 1,2008.
GENERAL
CONDITIONS:
Contestant
agrees to release, hold harmless and defend Released Parties
from any and all claims based on his or her entries submitted or
used, including without limitation, claims of misappropriation,
copyright or trademark infringement and similar claims. In case
of such indemnification, Released Parties shall be entitled to
their own defense, which expense shall be covered by the
indemnifying party. Contestant understands that entries
submitted may have similar ideas or concepts to other entries
submitted or to concepts developed by the Released Parties. By
submitting an entry, Contestant agrees Sponsor shall own the
entry submitted (including all rights embodied therein) and that
it and its designees may exploit, edit, modify and distribute
the entry and all elements of such entry, in any and all media
now known or hereafter discovered, including on Sponsor’s
website and in Sponsor’s catalogs without compensation,
permission or notification to Contestant or any third party.
Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete,
inaccurate, garbled, delayed, undelivered, stolen or misdirected
entries; or technical or mechanical malfunctions; or other
problems or errors of any kind, whether typographical, printing,
computer, network, technical, human or otherwise, relating to or
in connection with the contest, including, without limitation,
errors or problems which may occur in connection with the
administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of
entries, the announcement of the prize or in any Contest-related
materials. Contestants agree (i) to be bound by the terms of
these official rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and
judges, which are final and binding, and (ii) to release
Released Parties from any actions and/or liability, for any
injuries, losses, or damages of any kind, including death, to
person, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from participation in this contest, the use of any
entry by sponsor or its designees or the acceptance, possession,
misuse or use of the prize, if not prohibited by law.
If
you would like a copy of our fax submittal sheet for this
contest, please click
here. If
you have any questions regarding this contest, feel free to
contact us by calling the phone number at the top of this page,
or by clicking this link.
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