Blue Bunny® Text to Win Sweepstakes
OFFICIAL RULES
1.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF
WINNING. SWEEPSTAKES BEGINS AT 12:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight
Time (ET) ON 7/28/10 & ENDS AT 11:59:59 PM (ET) ON 8/15/10 (the
"Entry Period").
2. ELIGIBILITY:Sweepstakes
is open only to legal U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older
at the time of entry, and who at the time of entry are physically
located in one of the following states, and through prize awarding
period legally reside in one of the following states/districts:
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, or
District of Columbia. Employees of Wells’ Dairy Inc. (“Sponsor”),
its affiliates, agents, advertising and promotion agencies and prize
providers, as well as such employees’ immediate family members (defined
as parent, spouse, child or parent; whether biological, adopted, step
or in-law) and household members (whether related or not) are
ineligible. Sweepstakes is void elsewhere and where prohibited or
restricted by law. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an
entrant who enters via text message, the entry will be deemed made by
the authorized account holder of the phone number from which the text
message was sent.
3. HOW TO ENTER:
You may enter this Sweepstake via text message or by mail. Either way,
you must first visit the Blue Bunny® sampling truck at an A&P store
location (visit bbtext2win.com for truck sampling times and locations)
and obtain the Blue Bunny phrase of the day (the "Daily Phrase") from
the driver, or you may call the toll free Blue Bunny promotion hotline
at 877-986-6843 during the promotion window to obtain the Daily Phrase.
To enter by text,
submit the Daily Phrase by text to 84444. Standard text messaging rates
apply. Limit one text message per day. The Daily Phrase you submit each
day must match the Daily Phrase associated with the date on which the
text message is received (as determined solely by Sponsor) or it will
be disqualified. The time of receipt of text messages shall be based on
Eastern Daylight Time. Total Text Message Limit: Two hundred and fifty
thousand (250,000) total text message transmissions. YOU CANNOT SUBMIT
OR COMPLETE A TEXT MESSAGE ENTRY AFTER TOTAL TEXT MESSAGE LIMIT IS
REACHED. In the event that the text message limit is reached prior to
the conclusion of the Entry Period, Sponsor will post a notice at
www.bbtext2win.com – please check status before submitting your text
message entry as no other form of notification will be made once limit
is reached. The text messaging method of entry is intended to work with
most of the major wireless carriers in the United States, but Sponsor
makes no guarantee that any particular wireless service provider will
participate, and the mobile device that is used must be capable of
sending and receiving text messages. Entrant's wireless service
provider may charge for each text message that is sent and/or received
in connection with this Sweepstakes, including error message, if any.
Consult your wireless service provider for pricing details prior to
participation. Proof of sending a text message is not proof of receipt
by Sponsor. By submitting an entry via text message, entrant expressly
authorizes and agrees to receive future mobile service commercial
messages from Sponsor or its agents acknowledging receipt of entrant's
entry and relating to winner notification if the entrant wins a prize.
Entrants will be provided with an opportunity to opt out of all such
subsequent commercial messages. ALL TEXT ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY
11:59:59 PM (ET) ON 8/15/10.
To enter by mail,
hand print the date and the Daily Phrase for that date on a 3"x5" card
along with your first and last name, mailing address and daytime phone
number, and mail the original card to Blue Bunny Text to Win; P.O. Box
1474; Northbrook, IL 60065-1162. Photocopies of cards will not be
accepted. The Daily Phrase you submit must match the Daily Phrase
associated with the date stated on your mail in card or it will be
disqualified. Limit one mail in card per day and per Daily Phrase.
Limit one mail in card per outer mailing envelope. ALL MAIL IN ENTRIES
MUST BE POSTMARKED BY 8/16/10 AND RECEIVED BY 8/21/10.
All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
4. PRIZES: Grand
Prize: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded in this Sweepstakes,
consisting of a family trip to Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. Trip
includes round trip coach airfare for winner and three (3) guests from
major airport near winner's residence to Tampa, FL, two (2) nights
standard quad-occupancy hotel accommodations, four (4) Busch Gardens
admission tickets, & five hundred dollars ($500) in cash.
Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") is $2,700. Exact value will vary based
on timing and point of departure. If actual value is less than
approximate retail value set forth in these Official Rules, no cash
equivalent will be awarded.
Exact travel dates and arrangements are subject to availability. Trip
must be completed by 8/31/11. Prize will be forfeited if winner fails
to complete travel by expiration date set forth herein. Sponsor is not
responsible for any closures of park or attractions at Busch Gardens
during winner's trip, and will not provide anything in lieu of park
tickets due to any park or park attraction closures. Ground
transportation, taxes, hotel incidentals, luggage fees, and all other
expenses not specifically set forth in the prize description are the
sole responsibility of the winner and his/her guests. Each guest
accompanying winner on trip must sign and return a liability/publicity
release prior to ticketing. Winner and guests must travel on same
travel itinerary. Guests of winner may not be minors unless the winner
is such minor guest's parent or legal guardian (in which case the
winner must sign the liability/publicity release on behalf of such
minor guest). Prize is not redeemable for cash; nor is it transferable
or substitutable except by Sponsor with one of equal or greater value
if featured prize becomes unavailable. Unclaimed prize will not be
awarded.
2900 First Prizes: Coupon good for use at stores within the A&P
family of supermarkets for one (1) FREE 56 oz. Container of Blue Bunny
Ice Cream. ARV for each First Prize: $4.99.
ARV for all prizes: $17,171. All taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winners.
5. SELECTION OF WINNERS:
One (1) entry will be chosen as the potential Grand Prize Winner, and
Two thousand nine hundred (2900) entries will be chosen as potential
First Prize Winners, in a series of random drawings to take place on or
about August 23, 2010 from among all eligible entries received. The
drawing for the Grand Prize Winner will take place first, followed by
the drawings for the First Prize Winners. Drawings will be conducted by
the Sweepstakes Administrator, whose decisions shall be final in all
matters pertaining to this Sweepstakes. Odds of winning a prize depend
on total number of eligible entries received.
6.
WINNER NOTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION FOR TEXT MESSAGE ENTRIES:
Potential Grand Prize and First Prize Winners who enter the Sweepstakes
via text message will be notified via text message at the phone number
used to submit such winning entry, and such potential winners will need
to follow the instructions contained within the text message within in
3 days to provide Sponsor with their mailing address. Upon receipt of
potential Grand Prize Winner's street address (no P.O. Boxes allowed as
prize claim packet will be sent via UPS) within allotted time period,
Sponsor will send a prize claim packet to such potential winner
containing an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release
("Grand Prize Claim Forms"). Potential Grand Prize Winner must
complete, sign, have notarized and return such Grand Prize Claim Forms
within 7 days of date printed on the mailed notification, or prize will
be forfeited. Upon receipt of potential First Prize Winner's mailing
address within allotted time period, Sponsor will mail such potential
First Prize Winner the First Prize via U.S. Mail.
7. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION FOR MAIL IN ENTRIES: If
potential Grand Prize Winner entered the Sweepstakes via mail, Sponsor
will notify such potential Grand Prize Winner by U.S. mail with a Grand
Prize Claim Forms packet. Such potential Grand Prize Winner must
complete, sign, have notarized and return such Grand Prize Claim Forms
within 7 days of date printed on the notification letter, or prize will
be forfeited. For potential First Prize Winners who entered the
Sweepstakes via mail, their prize will be sent to them via U.S. Mail at
the address provided in their mail in entry.
8. ADDITIONAL VERIFICATION PRIZE DELIVERY DETAILS:
If text message winner notification is undeliverable, if mailed winner
notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, if potential winner
fails to comply with these official rules, if potential Grand Prize
Winner does not sign and return Grand Prize Claim Forms within
specified time period, if potential winner fails to respond to text
message notification within time period specified, or if potential
winner is determined to be ineligible for any reason, the prize will be
forfeited in its entirety and an alternate winner may be selected from
remaining eligible entries. Sponsor will make up to three attempts to
award the prize and if prize remains unclaimed, such prize may not be
awarded (in Sponsor's discretion). In the event there are an
insufficient number of entries, prizes in excess of the number of
entries or claimants may not be awarded. Limit one prize per person or
household. Prize claims subject to verification. Please allow 4-6 weeks
for processing and delivery of First Prizes. By accepting a prize, each
winner agrees to Sponsor's or its agent's use of name, address,
likeness and/or prize information for promotional purposes in any
medium without additional compensation to the extent permitted by law.
Prize claims are sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
9. GENERAL:
This Sweepstakes is void outside the United States, outside those
states not specifically listed in Rule 2, and where prohibited or
restricted by law, and is subject to all applicable federal, state and
local laws and regulations. This Sweepstakes will be governed by the
internal laws of the State of Iowa. Any and all legal actions or claims
arising in connection with this Sweepstakes must be brought in a court
of competent jurisdiction within the State of Iowa. Sponsor, its
advertising/promotion agencies, prize providers, and any other entities
associated with this Sweepstakes, along with each of their employees,
officers, directors, agents, representatives and assigns (collectively
"Released Parties") are not responsible for: late, lost, stolen,
damaged, garbled, incomplete, misaddressed, postage due or misdirected
entries, mail, text messages or communications; for errors, omissions,
interruptions, deletions, defects or delays in operations or
transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of
technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware,
software, communications devices, telephones or transmission lines;
data corruption; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or
alteration of entry materials, loss or otherwise. Further, Sponsor and
Released Parties are not responsible for electronic communications
which are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive
filtering of any kind, inability of Sponsor or entrant to receive text
messages, or for fees incurred with submission or receipt of text
messages contemplated by these Official Rules and participation in the
Sweepstakes. The use of automated software or computer programs to
enter this Sweepstakes is prohibited and any individual who uses or
attempts to use such methods to enter will be disqualified. Sponsor
reserves the right to restrict registrations from any IP address or
mobile telephone number if a suspicious entry is detected. Sponsor
disclaims any liability for damage to any computer system or telephone
resulting from participating in, or accessing or downloading
information in connection with, this Sweepstakes and reserves the
right, at its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend
this Sweepstakes for any reason, including without limitation should
any virus, bug, technical failures, unauthorized human intervention or
other cause beyond Sponsor's control corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this
Sweepstakes. In the event of any such modification, cancellation,
termination or suspension, a notice will be posted at
www.bbtext2win.com and a random drawing to award the Sweepstakes Grand
Prize and remaining Instant Win Prizes will be held from among all
eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such time, provided a
sufficient number of eligible entries have been received. Sponsor
reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant
(and all of his/her entries) from this Sweepstakes or any other
promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsor or any of its
affiliates if he/she tampers with the entry process or if his/her fraud
or misconduct affects the integrity of this Sweepstakes. Sponsors
reserve the right to correct clerical or typographical errors in
promotional materials. By participating in this Sweepstakes, each
entrant accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees
to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsor and warrants that he/she is
eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. By participating in the
Sweepstakes and/or accepting a prize, participants agree to release
Sponsor and the other Released Parties, from any and all liability,
loss or damage arising from or in connection with the participation in
the Sweepstakes and/or awarding, receipt and/or use or misuse of prize
or participation in any prize-related activity. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY
AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE
LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS GAME/SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10. WINNERS LIST:
For a list of winners, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope
postmarked by August 23, 2010 to: Blue Bunny Text to Win Winners List;
P.O. Box 1474; Northbrook, IL 60065-1162.
11. SPONSOR: Wells' Dairy, Inc., 1 Blue Bunny Drive, Le Mars, IA 51031.
12. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SWEEPSTAKES? Call 877.986.6843. Sweepstakes Administrator is Blue Chip, 650 Dundee Road, Suite 250; Northbrook, IL, 60062.