eBaum's World (EBAUMS)

Contest Rules

Who Can Enter:

1.	To enter, contestants must be legal residents of the United States of America, who are 18 years of age or older.

2.	Employees (including, without limitation, part-time or temporary employees) of the EBAUMS, contest sponsors, and their respective parent entities, subsidiaries, affiliated companies and advertising and promotion agencies at any time during the applicable contesting period and the immediate family and other household members (i.e., spouses, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, roommates, housemates, significant others, partners and siblings) of each of the above are NOT eligible to enter and/or to win the Contest.

Entry:

1.	No purchase is necessary to enter or win.  Contestants may enter as often as they wish. Contestants may only win one prize per person per day, unless specified otherwise.

2.	EBAUMS is not responsible for any entries, internet connections and/or telephone calls that are misdirected, lost, stolen, disconnected, not received, or are illegible.  EBAUMS is not responsible for any printing errors.  All entries become the property of EBAUMS and will not be acknowledged or returned.

3.	Entries received that are mutilated, tampered with, illegible, or from ineligible entrants will be void.  Entries that are determined to be fraudulent will be void, and the person making such an entry barred from further participation in that contest.  Entries that are determined by EBAUMS to be fraudulent will be void and the person making such an entry barred from further participation in the contest.  Incomplete entries may be disqualified in EBAUM?s sole discretion. 

4.	The following method of entry applies:

	a.	Only submissions entered on the official submission page (located at  HYPERLINK "http://www.ebaumsworld.com/scavengerhunt/submission/" http://www.ebaumsworld.com/scavengerhunt/submission/) will be accepted.

	b.	For internet based entries, use of robotic, automatic, programmed or similar entry modes is prohibited and will be void.  In case of an identity dispute, the registered user of the email account on the date of entry will be the recognized user.

	c.	In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of a member, the holder of the e-mail account will be deemed the person who submitted the membership.  The holder of the e-mail account is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the second level domain associated with the e-mail address in question.  Members are required to provide truthful information when completing entry registration form.  If EBAUMS determines that any registration form contains false or fraudulent information or is submitted by a person other than the one named in the form or by an ineligible entrant, such form will be disqualified and that member will be prohibited from participating in this contest.

Prize(s):

	1.	All prizes awarded by January 31, 2008.

	2.	Prizes will be released to winners only in a manner determined by EBAUMS  and in its sole discretion.  Winners are required to present a valid photo ID and social security number in order to pick up any prize.  All winners are required to sign a Release relieving EBAUMS, its parents, subsidiaries, officers, directors, members, managers, employees, agents and contest sponsors from any and all liability with respect to the contestant?s participation in the contest and the receipt and/or use of the prize.  Any person who refuses to sign the Release and/or provide a social security number will forfeit the contest prize.

	3.	EBAUMS reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for all contests and giveaways. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. No transfer or assignment of prizes is allowed.

	4.	Prizes not claimed within 30 days of being awarded, or in the case of a time sensitive prize, within its period of usability, shall be considered forfeited and will become property of EBAUMS. Such prize may be disposed of at the discretion of EBAUMS.

	5.	Winners are responsible for paying all applicable local, county, state and federal taxes on prizes based on the estimated retail value of the prize, and will be issued an IRS 1099 form for all prizes won from EBAUMS where the aggregate value of all prizes is $600 or more.

Miscellaneous:

	1.	Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.  All tie breaking procedures will be communicated in writing to tied contest participants.

	2.	EBAUMS Management shall be the sole arbiters in all matters relating to the contest and in the interpretation of contest rules. Their decisions shall be final. Entry into the contests constitutes agreement by contestants to abide by these rules, as well as any other rules established by EBAUMS.

	3.	By participating in a EBAUMS contest, entrants hereby agree that EBAUMS has no responsibility or liability in connection with any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by or resulting from the acceptance, possession and/or use of a prize or an entrant?s participation in any such contest.

	4.	By participating in a EBAUMS contest, entrants hereby consents to EBAUMS and contest sponsors? usage of any one or more of the following for advertising and promotional purposes without payment of additional consideration: contestant?s name; voice; likeness; biographical information; his/her participation in the contest; and the substance of the contestant?s telephone call. 

	5.	EBAUMS contests are subject to all applicable laws and regulations and are void where prohibited.

	6.	EBAUMS is not responsible for any technical difficulties experienced due to overload, busy signals, loss of phone service, electronic problems or any other factor that may prevent an individual from completing a phone call or for any technical malfunction related to any telephone connection, servers, routers, or any other technical problem that may impact entry or prize claim including, without limitation, any internet telephone call connections.

	8.	EBAUMS reserves the right to: (i) terminate or declare any Contest null and void and rescind any prize, if in its sole judgment, the rules or the integrity of the Contest have been violated or compromised in any way, intentionally or unintentionally by any person whether or not a participant in the Contest; (ii) alter or amend these Contest rules at any time; and (iii) stop or conclude the Contest at any time without prior notice.