** Official Rules **
1. Eligibility. This sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of the fifty U.S. states or the District of Columbia and 18 years of age or older. Owner of Roasted Beanz and the immediate family members (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse) of the foregoing, are prohibited from entering the Sweepstakes. Any violation of the Official Rules may result in disqualification. The Owner(s) and/or Sponsor site has no obligation to notify violators of their disqualification.
2. Entry Period. Sweepstakes begins DATE at TIME and ends DATE at TIME (the “Entry Period”). All entries must be received during the Entry Period.
3. How to Enter. Entrants may access the online entry form at: GIVEAWAY WEB URL
4. Prize. One winner will win PRIZE. Prize will be sent direct from the {sponsor} or owner of this blog via email or mail. We are not responsible for delayed, lost, stolen, or non-deliverable mail or email issues. And the owner(s) of this blog as well as any applicable event bloggers are not responsible for sponsor prize fulfillment.
5. Winner Selection & Notification. One entry will be selected at random for each specified prize. The winner will be notified via the email they provided when entering the giveaway. Recipients of Selection Notifications must respond to the Selection Notification within TIME FRAME from the date the Selection Notification has been sent. If a winner does not respond within that time, the winner forfeits all rights to the prize and an alternate winner may be selected. Winners must meet the eligibility requirements for the sweepstakes as described above. The Owner(s) of Roasted Beanz and/or Sponsor will determine whether each winner who has responded to the Selection Notification within the time allowed meets those requirements. Winners who do not meet the eligibility requirements for the Sweepstakes will be disqualified and alternate winners may be selected. All decisions of the Owner(s) of Roasted Beanz and/or Sponsor regarding this Sweepstakes are final and binding in all respects. Sweepstakes is void where prohibited.
6. Odds. Odds of winning will vary based on the number of entries received during the entry period.
7. Taxes. All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, related to the acceptance and/or use of the prize, if any, are a winner’s sole responsibility. Neither the Owner(s) of Roasted Beanz and/or Sponsor shall have any obligation to pay any taxes related to awarding the prizes.
8. Consent and Indemnification. Entrants are solely responsible for their own actions and agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Owner(s) of Roasted Beanz; Sponsor; Facebook; Pinterest; Twitter; Instagram, Linked In, {as well as other misc social media promotional sources}, immediate family members (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse); subsidiaries; divisions and related companies and the officers; directors, employees, agents, successors, assigns and licensees from any liability for losses, damages or injuries arising in connection with their participation in the Sweepstakes or the award of a prize.
9. Disclaimers. (i) Entries that are lost, received after the Entry Period, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, or incompletely received, for any reason, including by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at the blog Owner(s) of Roasted Beanz and/or Sponsor ’s servers or elsewhere, will not be eligible for consideration in the Sweepstakes. Entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. (ii) the blog Owner(s) and/or Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person that it determines has tampered with the entry process, the integrity of the voting process, or the operation of the blog Owner(s) and/or Sponsor’s web site. Use of bots or other automated process to enter Sweepstakes is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of the blog Owner(s) and/or Sponsor. (iii) the blog Owner(s) and/or Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Sweepstakes if it is not capable of completion as planned. This can include by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical, sponsor, or human failures of any sort. (iv) the blog Owner(s) and/or Sponsor is not responsible for errors in the administration or fulfillment of this Sweepstakes, including without limitation mechanical, human, printing, distribution or production errors, and may modify or cancel this Sweepstakes based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability. (v) THE BLOG OWNER AND/OR SPONSOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, AS REGARDS THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING ANY PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE. (vi) CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE BLOG OWNER AND/OR SPONSOR’S WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE BLOG OWNER AND/OR SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
10. Miscellaneous. This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is not available to those residing in jurisdictions where such sweepstakes are prohibited. Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan. All disputes arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes will be resolved individually, and without resort to class action, exclusively by binding arbitration. These Official Rules will bind all entrants, and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. These Official Rules supersede any prior oral or written agreements relating to rules or procedures for the Sweepstakes. These Official Rules may be changed at any time, but only by the Owner(s) {ie. Rachel Hull} of Roasted Beanz {https://www.roastedbeanz.com} and only by posting the revised rules on the Roasted Beanz web site. These Official Rules will not be construed to impose upon the blog Owner(s) and/or Sponsor or the blog Owner(s) and/or Sponsor any obligations for any losses, debts or other obligations incurred by any Sweepstakes participant.
11. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, or Linked In. This includes the misc other social media promotional sources or gift card sources.
12. Mandatory log-in information submitted by Entrants is provided to the blog Owner(s) of Roasted Beanz is not shared. The Entrants can however personally elect to give personal information related to special deals, newsletters, etc., via the optional bonus entries highlighting the sponsor.
13. The blog, Roasted Beanz with its principal place of business at {https://www.roastedbeanz.com}.
14. No Purchase is Necessary for Entry into this Sweepstakes.
15. In closing and to reiterate: This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook as well as the other various social media platforms used to promote this giveaway/sweepstakes. They are hereby released from all liability in fulfilling this prize. Thank you. As well, only those giveaways, sweepstakes, and contest hosted by Roasted Beanz are party to these official rules. In the event that the Roasted Beanz website shares or posts an entry form hosted by another source or sponsor, it must be noted that the owner(s) of this blog are not liable for the giveaway prize.
The above is an example of the Official Rules for all of the giveaways both past and present on Roasted Beanz.
Updated: 5/15/2014