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Ghirardelli
Chocolate Company & Amtrak TRIP FOR 2
Official
Rules
No
Purchase Necessary
Open
Only To Legal U.S.
Residents
How to Enter: No
purchase necessary. This
sweepstakes begins on March 24th, 2008 at 9 a.m. E.T. and ends on June
1st, 2008 at 12 a.m. E.T. (the “Entry Period”). You can enter this sweepstakes by one of the
following three means: Online entry:
Enter by visiting Ghirardelli Chocolate Company's Online shop site at http://shop.ghirardelli.com during the
Entry Period and filling out an entry form linked from that homepage. In-Store
entry: Enter by visiting one of the participating Ghirardelli Ice Cream &
Chocolate Shop locations and complete an entry form. View store locations at http://www.ghirardelli.com/shops/shop_locator.aspx. Mail in entry: Hand print your name, address,
home telephone number, email address and age on a 3”X 5” card and mail it to: Ghirardelli
Chocolate Company, 1111 139th Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94578, ATTN: Ghirardelli
Chocolate Company & Amtrak TRIP FOR 2.
Only one entry per outer envelope.
Mail in entries must be postmarked by June 1st, 2008 and
received by June 11th, 2008. Only one entry per person.
Eligibility: This sweepstakes is open only to legal
residents of the United
States, 21 years of age or older at the time
of entry. Residents of New
York, Florida, Rhode
Island and Louisiana
are not eligible to enter. Online entrants must have email access as of March
24th, 2008. Employees and
their immediate families, including household members, of Ghirardelli Chocolate
Company and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) (“Sponsors”),
its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion
agencies are not eligible.
Conditions of
Entry: If you are entering online, you must be the
registered subscriber of the e-mail account by which the entry is made prior to
March 24th, 2008. Incomplete entries will not be accepted. All entries become the property Sponsors. By participating, entrants agree to these
Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements. Neither Sponsors, nor their respective
advertising and promotion agencies, nor any telephone network or service providers
are responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information,
or for any human error, technical malfunctions, lost/delayed data
transmissions, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, line failures of any
telephone network, computer equipment, software, inability to access any
website or online service, or any other error or malfunction, or late, lost,
misdirected, illegible or postage due entries.
Prize: Grand Prize: Five (5) round-trips trips for
two in Roomettes on selected Amtrak long distance trains awarded. There will be
a total of five (5) winners. Each winner
will receive round-trip tickets for two in a Roomette sleeping car to any
destination of their choice on any one (1) of the following routes: Southwest Chief ($3,872), California Zephyr ($3,564),
Sunset Limited ($3,196), Texas Eagle ($2,256), Silver Service ($2,820), Empire
Builder ($3,632), Crescent ($2,916), Cardinal ($2,236), Coast Starlight
($2,436), and City of New Orleans ($1,632).
Values approximate depending on date and time of travel. Fares, routes and schedules are subject to
change. Transportation is not provided
to or from train travel origination or debarkation points. Tickets are not good
for stopovers, are non-transferable, and based on availability. No substitutions are allowed with these
prizes. Travel must take place between
Sept. 2, 2008 and May 21, 2009 observing the following blackout dates: Nov. 25-26, 2008; Nov. 29-30, 2008; Dec. 1,
2008; Dec. 19-21, 2008; Dec. 26-28, 2008; Jan. 3-4, 2009; Feb. 13, 2009; Feb.
16, 2009; April 10, 2009; April 13, 2009.
Odds of
winning are
based on the number of entries received from online entries, in-store entries
and mailed in entries. By accepting this
prize, you consent to Sponsors’ use of your name and image for promotional
purposes, including online announcements, without additional compensation,
except where prohibited by law. All
taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. No prize substitution, cash substitution, or
assignment or transfer of prizes is permitted, except by Amtrak for reason of
unavailability in which a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. All prizes will be awarded.
Drawing: The prizewinner will be determined on or
about June 13th, 2008 by a random drawing from all eligible entries
received by the end of the Entry Period.
The random drawing shall be conducted by an independent judge whose
decisions are final with respect to all aspects of the sweepstakes. The winner will be notified by mail and
email, if provided, within 7 days of the drawing. The winner and a companion are required to
sign an affidavit of eligibility/publicity and liability release, and return it
properly executed within ten (10) days of attempted notification as a condition
of awarding the prize. If prize
notification is returned as undeliverable or the winner fails to return the
affidavits and release as specified, the winner will be disqualified and the
award will be forfeited. Amtrak is not
responsible for technical, telephone, hardware or software malfunction, lost,
interrupted, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic communications,
including the inaccurate or incorrect capture of online entry information, or
any other errors of any kind, however caused, that may occur in the processing
of the entries in this sweepstakes. If,
in Sponsors’ opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic
or non-electronic tampering with or alteration of any portion of the
sweepstakes, or if any technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the
sweepstakes, Sponsors reserve the right to terminate the sweepstakes or void
any or all electronic entries. Persons
entering via the web (Internet) must provide a valid email address. It is the sole responsibility of the entrant
to notify the sweepstakes judges in writing if the entrant changes his/her
email address after entering the sweepstakes.
(To do so write to: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, 1111 139th Avenue, San
Leandro, CA 94578, ATTN: AMTRAK TRIP FOR 2). In case of dispute as to the identity of a
winner who entered online, such entry will be declared made by the registered
user of the email account, and if a prize is won, and such registered user is a
valid entrant, the prize will be awarded to such registered user. Any attempt
to deliberately damage the content or operation of this sweepstakes is unlawful
and subject to legal action by Sponsors or its agents.
General: The sponsors of this sweepstakes are Ghirardelli
Chocolate Company and Amtrak. This
sweepstakes is subject to all federal, state, and local laws. Void where prohibited by law. The winner(s) agree(s) that Ghirardelli
Chocolate Company and Amtrak, its affiliates and their agencies and employees
shall not be liable for injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from participating
in this sweepstakes or from the acceptance or use of any prize awarded. Amtrak reserves the right to verify
eligibility qualifications of any winner.
U.S.
law governs this sweepstakes.
Winners List: For the name of the winners, after July 1st,
2008, email sponsor at consumerresponse@ghirardelli.lindt.com, or send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, 1111 139th Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94578 and include the text Ghirardelli
Chocolate Company & Amtrak TRIP FOR 2 WINNER LIST. Requests received more than sixty (60) days
after the completion of the entry period will not be honored. |