Walmart Green Pin to Win Contest Official Rules

 

No purchase necessary to enter or win. This contest is void where prohibited by applicable law.

Description

The “Walmart Green Pin to Win Contest” asks Pinterest users to curate a pinboard of items they already love to pin – home furnishings and products – and showcase exactly which Walmart products inspire them to green their life.  Participants are asked to title their boards “Walmart Green Pin to Win,” and pin at least ten images that inspire you to green your life from products and furnishings found on www.walmart.com. Under each pin they must include the hashtag #WalmartGreen and when their board is complete they must email a link to their board to the Walmart Green Room: grnroom@walmart.com. The five (5) winners will be selected by judges representing Walmart and Mother Nature Network. The week long global social campaign begins September 5, 2012 and ends September 12, 2012, with the Winner’s being announced on September 17, 2012. The winning “pinners” will each receive $500 Walmart gift cards. They will be also be showcased in a post on the Walmart Green Room Blog www.walmartgreenroom.com.

Terms and Conditions for Walmart Green Pin to Win Contest

This contest is void where prohibited by applicable law. The contest is open only to entrants who are 18 years and older. Winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release as a condition to the delivery of the applicable prize. Associates (and their immediate families or household members) of Walmart, and Walmart’s respective affiliates, and subsidiaries are not eligible to enter the contest.

How to Enter

No purchase necessary to enter or win.

1. Follow @WalmartHub on Pinterest

2. Build a board titled “Walmart Green Pin to Win”

3. Repin our contest announcement

4. Pin at least 10 images from Walmart.com that inspire you to be green and include the hashtag #WalmartGreen under each pin

5. Send a link to your board to grnroom@walmart.com

The contest will begin on September 5, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST and end at 12:00 PM EST on September 12, 2012. Only one entry per person. We expressly reserve the right to disqualify any entries that we believe in good-faith are generated by a so-called spam or automated e-mail program or via scripts and automated submission. By participating, all entrants agree to abide by these Official Rules. The five (5) contest winners will be notified and announced on September 17, 2012. A List of winners’ will be available on www.walmartgreenroom.com on or about September 17, 2012, and will be posted for a period of at least 60 days.

Prize

Each of the five (5) winners will receive a $500 Walmart gift card. Entries and prizes are nontransferable and cannot be redeemed for cash. No substitutions are permitted, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal, less, or greater monetary value or cash value for any prize. Winners shall be responsible and liable for all federal, state and local taxes on the value of their prize. The result of the contest will be announced on September 17, 2012.

Selection

Winner must claim their prize within three (3) business days after the date of notification of such prize. A contest winner’s failure to respond to the prize notification within the specified three (3) business days will be considered such contest winner’s forfeiture of the prize and an alternate winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entries. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting the entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the e-mail account is registered. The decisions of the judges are final and binding in all matters relating to this contest.

All prizes offered are being provided “as is” with no warranty or guarantee by Sponsor, either express or implied. Any and all warranties and/or guarantees on a prize (if any) are subject to the respective manufacturer’s terms therefore, and winner agrees to look solely to such manufacturer(s) for any such warranty and/or guarantee. No transfer, substitution, upgrade, credit, refund or cash equivalent for prizes is allowed except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion, to substitute a prize or prize component of equal or greater value if a prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of prizes. If a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, this will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected. All federal, state or other tax liabilities (including income taxes) arising from this contest will be the sole responsibility of each winner. Except where prohibited by law, the winner’s entry and acceptance of the prize constitutes winner’s permission for the Contest Entities and those acting under their authority to use said winner’s name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice, and address (city and state only) on a worldwide basis, and in all forms of media, in perpetuity, for advertising or promotional purposes without review or further compensation.

The intellectual rights to the Submission, if any, will remain with the Entrants, except that these terms do not supersede any other assignment or grant of rights according to any other separate agreements between Entrants and other parties. As a condition of entry, Entrants agree that Sponsor shall have the right to use, copy, modify and make available the entry in connection with the operation, conduct, administration, and advertising and promotion of the Contest via communication to the public, including, but not limited to the right to make screenshots, animations and clips available to the public for promotional and publicity purposes. Acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for, and winner’s consent to, Sponsor and its agencies to use the winner’s name, likeness and/or entry for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law.  To the extent permitted by law, Entrants, agree to hold Sponsor, and each of its parent, subsidiaries, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, and assigns harmless from any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused by participation in the Contest and/or use or acceptance of any prize won, except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Sponsor.  Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the announcement of the Prize.  An Entrant may be prohibited from participating in this Contest if, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, it reasonably believes that the Entrant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or annoys, abuses, threatens or harasses any other Entrants, the Sponsor or associated agencies.

No recourse to judicial or other procedures

To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Contest are hereby excluded, and any Entrant expressly waives any and all such rights. Entrants agree that these official rules are governed by the laws of the state of Arkansas.

Warranty and Indemnity

Entrants certify that their Submission is original and that they are the sole and exclusive owner and right holder of the submitted Submission and that they have the right to submit the Submission in the Contest. Each Entrant agrees not to submit any Submission that (1) infringes any third party proprietary, intellectual property, industrial property, personal rights or other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality obligation; (2) includes any personally identifiable information about any person other than the Entrant; or (3) otherwise violates applicable law.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Entrant indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified the Sponsor at all times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from any act, default or omission of the Entrant and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Entrant indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified the Sponsor at all times from and against any liability, actions, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses for or in respect of which the Sponsor may become liable by reason of or related or incidental to any act, default or omission by an Entrant under these official rules , including without limitation resulting from or in relation to any breach, non-observance, act or omission whether negligent or otherwise, pursuant to these official rules by an Entrant.

Elimination

Any false information provided within the context of the Contest by any Entrant concerning identity, ownership of the content of the Submission, postal address, telephone number, ownership of right or noncompliance with these rules or the like may result in the immediate elimination of the Entrant from the Contest.  Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any Submission that it believes in its sole and unfettered discretion infringes upon or violates the rights of any third party or otherwise does not comply with these official rules.

Internet

Sponsor is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission.  Sponsor is not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind.  Sponsor is not responsible for inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or any combination thereof, except to the extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the negligence of the Sponsor.  If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, disruption or termination of the Contest Site for any reason or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to immediately cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.  Sponsor reserves the right to select winners from eligible entries received as of the termination date.  Sponsor further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process.  Caution: Any attempt by an Entrant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such Entrant to the fullest extent of the law.

Severability

If any provision(s) of these official rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.

Sponsor

The Sponsor of this Contest is Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 702 Southwest 8th Street Bentonville, AR 72716.