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OFFICIAL RULES
TREE TOP “BRANCH OUT OF THE ORDINARY” SWEEPSTAKES
3/25/07- 4/30/07
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ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM PRIZE.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING.
Open to individual, legal residents of TX, CO, CA, MO, KS, WI, MN,
MT, WY, NM, ID, OR, NV, OK, UT, LA, AZ and WA who are 18 years
of age and older at time of entry. Employees of Tree Top, Inc.
(“Sponsor”), Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC d/b/a Integrated
Marketing Services, and each of their respective parents, successors
and assigns, subsidiaries and affiliates; employees of advertising,
promotion and public relations agencies involved in any way with
this Sweepstakes; and members of the immediate family (spouse,
parents, siblings and children and their spouses) or persons living
within the same household of any of such individuals are not eligible
to participate or win a prize. Void outside TX, CO, CA, MO,
KS, WI, MN, MT, WY, NM, ID, OR, NV, OK, UT, LA, AZ and WA and where prohibited.
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HOW TO ENTER: Beginning 12:00:01 AM (EDT) on 3/25/07 through 11:59:59 PM
(EDT) on 4/30/07, visit www.treetop.com and
complete the official entry form (an “On-line Entry”) OR to enter by mail,
complete official entry form or hand print your name, address, city, state,
zip code, date of birth and daytime phone number on a 3” x 5” piece of paper
and mail your entry in an envelope (no larger than #10) with postage affixed
to: Tree Top "Branch Out of the Ordinary" Sweepstakes, Dept. 4722, P.O. Box
5006, Stacy, MN 55078-5006 (a “Mail-in Entry”). LIMIT: one (1) entry per
person, household and/or email address by all methods of entry combined.
No mechanically reproduced entries will be accepted. Automated On-line
Entries are prohibited. On-line Entries must be received by 11:59:59 (EDT)
on 4/30/07. All Mail-in Entries must be postmarked by 4/30/07 and received
by 5/5/07. Sponsor not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, damaged,
incomplete, illegible or postage-due entries/mail. Sponsor also not responsible
for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users
or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in
the Sweepstakes or by any technical or human error, including computer system,
phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors,
failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections, which
may occur in the processing of the submissions. All entries become the property
of Sponsor and none will be acknowledged or returned. Should multiple users of
the same e-mail account enter the Sweepstakes online and a dispute thereafter
arise regarding the identity of the entrant, the authorized account subscriber
of said e-mail account at the time of entry will be considered the entrant.
"Authorized account subscriber" is defined as the natural person who is assigned
an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider
or other organization which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or
the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
- PRIZES: On or about 5/16/07, a random drawing will be conducted
by an independent judging organization, from all eligible entries received,
to award One (1) Grand Prize: $10,000 toward a tree house. Prize will be
awarded in the form of a $10,000 check payable in the name of the winner.
Any cost above the $10,000 will be the sole responsibility of the winner.
Three (3) First Prizes: a $1,000 Amazon.com® gift certificate. Ten (10)
Second Prizes: a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate. Gift card/certificate
use subject to the terms and conditions set by respective gift card/certificate
provider. Total value of all prizes: $14,000. Odds of winning depend on total
number of eligible entries received. Limit: one (1) prize per person/household.
All prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible entries are
received.
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GENERAL CONDITIONS: No substitution or transfer of prize permitted.
All federal, state and local taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of
the winner. Prize winners will be notified by express mail and/or telephone
and will be required to sign an Affidavit of eligibility, liability release
and (where lawful) a publicity release. Noncompliance by date specified on
winner notification letter or return of prize or prize notification as
undeliverable will result in disqualification. Unclaimed prizes may not be
awarded. Acceptance of prize constitutes winner’s agreement and permission
for Sponsor and their agencies to use winner’s name/likeness for advertising
and trade purposes in any and all media without further notice or compensation,
unless prohibited by law. By participating in and/or accepting prize
Sweepstakes entrants agree to: (a) be bound by these official rules and the
decisions of the Sponsor and judges, which shall be final and binding in all
respects; and (b) to release and forever discharge and covenant not to sue
Sponsor, Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC d/b/a Integrated Marketing Services,
and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors,
agents and promotion and advertising agencies, and the employees, directors and
officers of each of the foregoing entities, from any and all claims, demands,
damages, losses and liabilities, of any nature whatsoever, which they may now
or hereafter assert, including but not limited to, claims for injury, death,
damages, or illness arising out of or relating to or claimed to be arising out
of or relating to Sweepstakes entry, prize acceptance, or use or misuse of the
prize or any product or prize certificate awarded including, without limitation,
personal injury, death and property damage. Sponsor and its agents are not
responsible for any printing or other errors in Sweepstakes related material.
In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Sweepstakes
is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus,
or other technical problem, the Sponsor may modify, terminate, or suspend the
Sweepstakes to address the impairment and then resume the Sweepstakes in a manner
that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules or, at its sole discretion,
cancel or terminate the on-line portion of the Sweepstakes, in which case, Sponsor
will award all prizes in a random drawing from eligible non-suspect On-line Entries
received prior to the event requiring such action and all Mail-in Entries. The
Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual
it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes
or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or
in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to undermine
the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and
civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right
to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
This Sweepstakes will be governed by the laws of the United States and by
entering you consent to jurisdiction and venue in the courts of Washington State.
- WINNERS LIST: Mail a self-addressed, stamped, #10 envelope to be
received by 5/31/07 to: Tree Top "Branch Out of the Ordinary" Sweepstakes Winners,
P.O. Box 7276, Wilton, CT 06897-7276. Winners list will be sent after winners have
been verified and prizes have been awarded.
SPONSOR: Tree Top, Inc., P.O. Box 248, Selah, WA 98942-0248.
Sweepstakes Administrator: Integrated Marketing Services, 301 Merritt 7, Norwalk, CT 06851.
Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this promotion. Amazon, Amazon.com, and the
Amazon.com logo are registered trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
Amazon.com gift certificates are issued by A2Z Gift Certificates, Inc. and are
redeemable only at www.amazon.com. See
www.amazon.com/gc-legal
for terms and conditions of use of Amazon.com gift certificates.
©2007 Tree Top, Inc. All rights reserved.
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