MS. REJECTION HOTLINE CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE
This contest (“Contest”) is being sponsored by and administered by RH Brands, Inc. (“RH Brands”). Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of RH Brands, which shall be final, binding and conclusive on all matters.
1. Eligibility. There is no purchase necessary to enter this Contest. Contest is open and offered only to legal
2. Entries. Contest begins at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) on January 1st, 2008, and ends at 5:00 P.M. (Eastern Time) on December 31st, 2008. All entries must be in the form of a traditional photograph or digital photograph and must be received by 5:00 P.M. (Eastern Time) on the last day of the calendar month to be considered for entry for that month’s prize. Winners will be chosen on the last day of the following calendar month. For example, January's winner will be chosen on the last day of February, and so on. Entries can be submitted as follows:
a. Photograph entries can be submitted through the website at http://rh.shopvisible.com/uploads.asp (JPG, GIF, PNG, and TIF file types accepted)
b. Photograph entries can be submitted via email to MsRejectionHotlineContest@RejectionHotline.com. Please include age and contact information.
c. Photograph entries can be submitted via mail to The Rejection Hotline,
RH Brands is not responsible and/or liable for any technical error, hardware, software, or other malfunctions or omissions of any kind regardless of its origin or source, or for any of the effects thereof, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, garbled, or delayed electronic communications caused by RH Brands or its agents, the user or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the entries of this Contest and which may limit a participant’s ability to participate.
3. Content Requirements for Entries. All entries submitted must be original. An original entry is one that is created by the contest entrant and is not a copy of another entry or any other protected work. The entry cannot have been submitted to another contest, promotional event, or for publication at any time. Entries must not be unlawfully offensive or menacing, abusive, defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or harassing, obscene or contain child pornography or otherwise contain content that is harmful to persons under the age of 18 years.
4. Judging Criteria. The entries will be judged based on beauty of the contestant and originality, humor, and appropriateness of photograph entry. Some consideration will be given to the number of phone calls each entrant receives on their dedicated context voting line set up and monitored by RH Brands. Phone calls will be monitored for one calendar month after the month of entry. Winning entries will be selected by RH Brands, in its sole discretion.
5. Prizes. All federal and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winners. No substitution or transfer of prizes allowed. The Prize will be awarded to the top entry, as determined by the Judges according to the Judging Criteria. The determination of the Judges is final. One prize will be awarded each calendar month in the year 2008. One prize will be awarded at 5:30 P.M. (Eastern Time) on the last day of each calendar month (ex. January 31st, 2008). The Prize will be delivered to the confirmed winner. Each winner will be responsible for any shipping and handling charges in connection with each Prize. Shipping charges shall not exceed the actual costs of shipping the prize. Handling charges shall not exceed the lesser of $5.00 or the actual cost of handling. All federal and local taxes are solely the responsibility of the winners. No substitution or transfer of prizes allowed.
Prize Values:
Date Prize Estimated Value
January 31st, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
February 29th, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
March 31st, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
April 30th, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
May 31st, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
June 30th, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
July 31st, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
August 31st, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
September 30th, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
October 31st, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
November 30th, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
December 31st, 2008 Rejection Hotline Prize Pack $20
The Rejection Hotline Prize pack includes Rejection Hotline merchandise chosen by RH Brands.
Odds of winning will depend on the number of entries received.
6. Notification and Delivery. Winners will be notified by email, telephone or mail within two weeks following the decision. All winners will be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release and Publicity Release and an assignment of all right, title and interest to any copyrights in the winning entry (for no additional compensation, except where prohibited by law) within 10 days of notification of winning. If the potential winner fails to complete the necessary documentation within that time frame, is found to be ineligible, or does not comply with the Official Rules, then the potential winner will be disqualified.
7. Alternates. In the event of non-compliance with these Official Rules, failure to meet all eligibility requirements or failure to properly return the Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, Publicity Release or assignment of copyrights (except where prohibited by law), or prize notification is returned as unclaimed, the relevant prize(s) will be forfeited and may be awarded to alternate winner(s).
8. Limitation of Liability. By participating, entrants agree to release and hold RH Brands and its parent, subsidiaries, officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents and affiliated companies harmless from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damage, cost, or expense including without limitation property damage, personal injury and/or death arising out of participation in this contest or the acceptance, use or misuse of any prize. RH Brands and its agents are not responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, incorrectly addressed, incomplete, illegible, undeliverable, corrupted or destroyed entries, or winner notifications. RH Brands and its affiliates, subsidiaries, parent company, and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents, and any and all Internet service and access provider(s) are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, human error, technical malfunctions, failures, omissions, interruption, deletion, or defect of any telephone network, computer online systems, computer equipment, service providers, or software, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in this contest, inability to access the RH Brands web site, theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries, transactions that are processed late or incorrectly or are incomplete or lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site. RH Brands reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the online portion of this Contest in the event that virus, bugs or other causes beyond RH Brands control corrupt the online entry submission process, entry storage or access, or any other aspect of the administration of this Contest. Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or like entry methods is prohibited. Any attempt by an entrant or any other individual to deliberately tamper with or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, RH Brands reserves the right to disqualify the entrant (if appropriate) and/or seek damages and other remedies from any such person as permitted by law. In the event of a dispute as to online entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization, which is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
9. Terms of Participation in Contest. Except where legally prohibited, winners hereby grant (and agree to confirm that grant in writing) permission for RH Brands and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising, trade and/or publicity purposes without additional compensation in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and the World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval. All winning entries will be deemed works made for hire under the copyright laws of the United States, but if they cannot be deemed works made for hire, by entering this Contest, the entrants agree to assign and hereby assign and transfer to the RH Brands without additional compensation all right, title and interest in and to the entries, including, but not limited to, the copyright, worldwide, in the entries, in any form or format, subject to reserving rights for the participants’ private/noncommercial use only. Entrants further agree to perform all acts and to execute all documents deemed necessary by RH Brands to record and perfect any such transfer and assignment. RH Brands reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, alter, modify or edit the entries for any purpose, including but not limited to, for any advertising, trade or promotional purposes. Winners agree that the release of information about his/her winning entries, including dissemination to the public and media through any channels, will be made solely by RH Brands.
10. Winner's List. To receive a list of winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: RH Brands,
11. Jurisdiction and Venue. Any legal action arising out of or in connection with this Contest shall be brought in the State or Federal Courts located in