July 28, 2008

The {NewNew} Monday Blog Giveaway! RULES

Each Monday one {NewNew} member shop will donate an item to be given away.

Here's how YOU can enter to win one of these great prizes each week!

Each Monday a Team Member will post their Contest Item Giveaway at http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/
1. To enter to win, blog about why you want the {NewNew} featured item
2. Post a link to your blog post about the featured item in the comments for the item at http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/.
Entries can be submitted through Friday (that gives you 5 days to blog about it) and will be announced the following Monday with the New contest item.
3. Winners will be chosen at random and will be announced the following monday
4. Winners will be contacted through email.

The {NewNew} Monday giveaways are open to US residents only. Void where prohibited.

See complete Rules and Regulations.

1.ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia age 18 years or older at the time of entry. Employees, directors and officers, and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses), and their respective household members, of the Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions and the Sponsor's advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter. The Promotion is subject to all federal, state, local, provincial, and municipal laws. U.S. law governs this Promotion and personal jurisdiction shall exclusively be the state and federal courts located in New York. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. In the event that the sweepstakes is challenged by any legal or regulatory authority, Sweepstakes Entity reserves the right to discontinue or modify the sweepstakes, or to disqualify participants residing in the affected geographic areas. In such event, Sweepstakes Entity shall have no liability to any entrants who are disqualified due to such an action. By entering this Sweepstakes, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sweepstakes Entity, which shall be final, binding and conclusive on all matters.

2.PROMOTION TIMING/DESCRIPTION: The Weekly Promotion begins on Monday September 1, 2008 and a new promotion will begin on each subsequent Monday thereafter. Enter online on Mondays, begining September 1, 2008, once the weekly contest has been announced at approximately NOON ET, at http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/. Entries must be received by the following Sunday before 10PM ET, the first sunday being September 7, 2008. One entry per person or email address per day; duplicate entries will be disregarded. In the event of conflict, prize will be awarded to the owner of the email address. Use of automated entry devices or programs is prohibited. Any attempts to access the entry site via a bot script or other brute-force attack will result in that IP address becoming ineligible for the entire sweepstakes and any subsequent sweepstakes on this site. The NewNew and the weekly sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error, technical malfunction, failures, omission, interruption, deletion, or defect of any telephone network, computer on-line systems, computer equipment, servers, access providers, or software, including any injury or damage to participants' or any other persons' computers relating to or resulting from participation in this sweepstakes; inability to access the entry website; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, entry submissions that are processed late or incorrectly or are incomplete, garbled, or lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on the Internet or any website. False and / or deceptive entries or accounts shall render entry ineligible.

3.HOW TO ENTER THE PROMOTION: No purchase necessary. A purchase will not improve ones chance of winning. To enter, you must write a blog post on your own blog or website about that week's contest item and provide a link to that post in the comments of the original post, located at http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/ for that week's contest giveaway. Limit one entry, per weekly contest, per person. Mechanically reproduced, computer generated, incomplete or illegible entries are void. All entries become the property of that week's Sponsor and will not be returned or acknowledged. Duplicate or invalid entries will be discarded. Entries are excepted from the time of weekly contest posting until 10pm ET the following sunday.

4.PRIZES: Prizes will vary each week. Approximate retail value (ARV) of each prize will not exceed $100.00 USD. The Prize may not be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash, except at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Specifics of the Prizes are in Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to award a Prize of equal or greater value if advertised Prize, or a portion of the Prize is unavailable. No more than the advertised number of Prizes will be awarded. Shipping is included in Prize.

5. Selection of Winner and Notification.

Winners will be selected at random from all eligible entrants on or about September 8th, 2008. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Winners will be notified by email on or about September 8th, 2008.. .Limit one (1) Prize per person per week. In the event a winning entry is discovered to be invalid for any reason whatsoever or the person who submitted the winning entry fails to comply with these Official Rules prior to delivery of the Prize, or the Return of any prize notification as undeliverable, the Prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. All decisions and results are final and binding

6.ODDS OF WINNING: The odds of winning a Prize depend upon the number of eligible entries received.

7. Obligations and Responsibilities of Prize Winner.

All winners must comply with all instructions in the prize notification letter, including the completion of an affidavit and liability/publicity release, and return them within fifteen days of the date on the prize notification letter; otherwise prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. By entering and/or by accepting a prize, you agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the Sweepstakes Entity, which shall be final and binding on all matters, and to release sponsor and sweepstake entity from any and all liability arising out of your participation in this Sweepstakes with respect to the awarding, receipt, use and/or misuse of any prize. WINNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING AND PAYING ANY AND ALL INCOME, SALES OR EXCISE TAXES THAT MAY APPLY; SPONSOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR AND WILL NOT PAY ANY SUCH TAXES.

8.LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND PUBLICITY: Participation in this Promotion constitutes an agreement by entrant to release and hold harmless the Sponsor and their respective agents, employees, officers, directors, successors and assigns, against any and all claims, injury or damage arising out of or relating to participation in this Promotion and/or use or misuse or redemption of a Prize. Entrant agrees to permit the Sponsor use of images submitted for the Promotion, name, Prize won (if applicable), Avatar, likeness and/or comments about the Promotion for purposes of online posting, advertising, promotion and publicity in any media without additional compensation. By entering the promotion, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the Promotion, or any Prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually without resort to any form of class action; any claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering the Promotion, but in no event attorneys' fees; and under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain any award for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased and any other damages, other than damages for actual out-of-pocket expenses. Entrants agree that any and all disputes shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

9. Governing Rules and Sweepstakes Rule Modifications. This Sweepstakes shall be governed and construed exclusively by New York law, and the exclusive venue for any and all controversies arising under or relating to the Contest in any way will be in state or federal court in New York, New York. All federal, state and local taxes are the exclusive responsibility of the Winner.

10. Winner's List. For winner's list, go to http://thenewnew.blogspot.com/ after the following Monday beginning September 7, 2008.

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