BUTTERFINGER® Crime Report Story Contest Official Rules
CONTEST IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 18 YEARS OR OLDER, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO U.S. LAW. DO NOT ENTER THIS CONTEST IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE 50 UNITED STATES OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
To enter: Log on to Butterfinger.com/barinsurance between 12:01 a.m. ET on 04/01/10 and 11:59 p.m. ET 04/14/10 and follow on-screen instructions to register and submit your story in 600 characters or less cleverly explaining how someone laid a finger on your BUTTERFINGER® bar. True stories are optional ("Entry").
There will be fourteen (14) contest periods; each contest period will run for approximately one day. A day will be considered a 24 hour period starting at 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET ("Contest Period") The beginning and end dates and prizes for each Contest Period are set forth BELOW ("Promotion Window"). Non winning Entries will be carried over to the next Contest Period.
All web site entrants must have a valid e-mail address. In case of dispute as to identity of the winner who enters, entry will be declared made by the registered user (meeting eligibility criteria) of the e-mail account, and if a prize is won, it will be awarded to that registered user.
Limit one entry per person, per email address. Contest ends and entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET, 4/14/10.
Entry must meet all of the following requirements or they will be disqualified
- Entry must include or reference BUTTERFINGER
- Entry cannot exceed 600 characters and must be in English.
- Each entry must be original, unpublished, the sole property of submitter and not previously submitted in any other contest.
- At the judges' discretion, entries including unsuitable content or that are in violation of third party rights (including, but not limited to, copyrights) will be immediately disqualified.
- Entry must not violate third party rights including, but not limited to: copyrights, including music copyrights, trademark, and right of publicity. Do not use company names, logos, imitations of famous people or characters from movies/shows, etc. (e.g. The Simpsons etc.)
- By submitting a story you agree Nestlé has the unrestricted right to use your submission, commercially or non-commercially, including the right to publish and display the Entry for advertising and publicity, all without additional review or compensation.
- Entry must not include obscenities, objectionable material, defame or invade the publicity or privacy rights of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any third party's personal or proprietary rights.
- All submissions become the property Nestlé, and may be used without compensation. Please read our Terms and Conditions.
Judging: Independent judges will select the winners from all eligible entries for each Contest Period on or about 3 days after the Contest Period. Entries will be judged on Clever integration of BUTTERFINGER 50%, Originality and creativity 25%, and Laugh Factor 25%. In the event of a tie, the Entry with the highest score in the Clever integration of BUTTERFINGER® category from among all tied Entries will be deemed a Winner. In the event of a further tie, the Entry with the highest scores in Originality and Creativity and Laugh Factor (if further tie is still needed) from among all tied Entries will be deemed a Winner. Potential winners will be notified by phone postal mail and/or email on or about 3 days after each Contest Period. If a potential winner cannot be reached after a reasonable effort has been exerted, if he/she is found to be ineligible, if he/she cannot or does not comply with these Official Rules, or if his/her prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, potential winner will be disqualified and an the entrant whose Entry that receives the next highest score may be declared a potential winner.
Prizes: There will be a total of fourteen (14) Grand Prizes awarded during the promotion window, one per Contest Period. In the event that no entries are received for any Contest Period, or all Entries for a particular Contest Period do not reach a quality level meriting a prize, no prize will be awarded.
Contest periods/prizes
- 4/1/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Apple® iPhoneTM 3GS (ARV: $299.00)
- 4/2/10. 12:01a.m.ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Xbox 360 Elite (ARV: $299.99)
- 4/3/10. 12:01a.m.ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Best Buy gift card (ARV: $300.00)
- 4/4/10.12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: One (1) year supply of BUTTERFINGER® candy bar (365) coupons each good for a FREE 2.1 oz candy bar, up to $.89 (ARV: $324.85).
- 4/5/10.12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Apple® iPhoneTM 3GS (ARV: $299.00)
- 4/6/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Xbox 360 Elite (ARV: $299.99)
- 4/7/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. ET: Best Buy gift card (ARV: $300.00)
- 4/8/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: one (1) year supply of BUTTERFINGER® candy bar (365) coupons each good for a FREE 2.1 oz candy bar, up to $.89 (ARV: $324.85).
- 4/9/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Apple® iPhoneTM 3GS (ARV: $299.00)
- 4/10/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Xbox 360 Elite (ARV: $299.99)
- 4/11/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Best Buy gift card (ARV: $300.00)
- 4/12/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: one (1) year supply of BUTTERFINGER® candy bar (365) coupons each good for a FREE 2.1 oz candy bar, up to $.89 (ARV: $324.85).
- 4/13/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Apple® iPhoneTM 3GS (ARV: $299.00)
- 4/14/10. 12:01a.m. ET through 11:59p.m. ET: Xbox 360 Elite (ARV: $299.99)
No cash substitutions for prizes will be permitted and prizes are non-refundable and non-transferable except at sole discretion of sponsor. Limit one prize per person during the Promotion Period. Nestlé reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or greater value. Federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Total ARV for all prizes is $4,270.50.
Winner is solely responsible for all costs, incidentals, and any other expenses not specifically mentioned as being included (including but not limited to calling plans). Any depiction of prizes is for illustrative purposes only.
Eligibility: Contest open to legal residents of the 50 US & DC, 18 years or older, except employees and, family members (spouses, children, siblings, parents) and/or persons living in the same household as employees (whether related or not) of Nestlé USA Inc., their affiliates, subsidiaries, promotions and advertising agencies. Nestlé USA Inc., their affiliated companies, representatives, agents or employees are not responsible for, and shall be indemnified by the prize winner against, any claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, use, misuse, possession, or loss of the prize. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Subject to all federal, state and local laws.
General: By entering the Contest, entrants (their parents/legal guardians if residents of a jurisdiction that deem them to be minors) accept and agree to these rules and the decision of the judges, which shall be final. Winners (their parents/legal guardians if residents of a jurisdiction that deem them to be minors) may be required to sign and have notarized a Winner's Agreement and Release and return it by date specified in notification letter or prize will be forfeited in its entirety and another winner may be selected. Winners Agreement may require winners' social security number for tax purposes. By submitting an Entry, a winner (his/her parent/legal guardian if winner is a resident of a jurisdiction that deems him/her to be a minor) agrees to allow use of his or her name, photograph and/or Entry for advertising this or similar promotions (including but not limited to, Butterfinger.com and the Butterfinger Facebook Fan Page) without notice or compensation unless prohibited by law. By uploading an Entry, entrants hereby grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, right and license to, in Sponsor's sole and absolute discretion, to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such Entries in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, including but not limited to, Butterfinger.com and the Butterfinger Facebook Fan Page until December 31, 2010.
Other Conditions: Sponsor assumes no responsibility for computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions or other errors, failures of any kinds, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend this Contest, in its entirety or in part should virus, bug, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes beyond Sponsor's control corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Contest. Sponsor is 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 Contest by an technical or human errors which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Contest, Entities submitted in excess of the stated limit, Entries that are entered by other than human means (such as by an automated computer program or any non-human mechanism, entity, or device), or for Entries that are illegible, late, mutilated, tampered with, forged, incomplete, misdirected, lost, misplaced, stolen, destroyed, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules and such entries will be disqualified. Sponsor reserves the right to withdraw the transmission of this Contest at any time and award the Prize from among eligible entries received prior to and or after (if applicable) the date of the withdrawal. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the game or web-site or to be acting in violation of the Rules. Apple, Microsoft, Best Buy and each of their respective affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees will have no liability or responsibility for any claim arising in connection with participation in this Contest or any prize awarded. Apple, Microsoft, Best Buy, and their affiliates have not offered or sponsored this Contest in any way.
Winners information: For the list of winners, go to Butterfinger.com/facebook between 5/3/10 and 5/17/10. Sponsored by Nestlé USA, Glendale, CA 91203
All trademarks are owned by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland, unless otherwise noted.
Apple is neither a sponsor nor endorser of this promotion. All other prizes neither sponsored nor endorsed this promotion