REFINERY29 | NYE WITH YOUR BFFS

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

  • 1. Eligibility
    The BFF’s on NYE ("Contest") is open only to legal residents of the forty-eight (48) states of the Continental United States and the District of Columbia who are 21 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees of Refinery 29 Inc. (“Refinery29”), and their parent and affiliate companies, subsidiaries, promotion agencies, suppliers and members of their immediate families, are not eligible. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. For purposes of this Sweepstakes, "immediate family" is defined as spouses, parents, children, siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of whether they reside in the same household
  • 2. Sponsor: Refinery 29, Inc. (“Refinery29”), 30 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A.
  • 3. Prize Provider: Refinery29, 30 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A.
  • 4. Timing: The Contest begins on December 1st, 2011 at 12:00AM (EST) and ends on December 31, 2011 at 11:59PM (EST) (the "Sweepstakes Period").
  • 5. How to Enter
    From December 1st, 2001 until December 31, 2011 users upload a photo submission in response to the specific “BFFs on NYE” challenge. After each submission, the approved entries are post on XXXX and valid to win.
  • 6. Entry Errors
    Sponsor and Prize Provider are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, stolen, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. Sponsor and Prize Provider are not responsible if online service or equipment is interrupted including without limitation (1) interruptions to any network, server, Internet, Web site, telephone, satellite, computer or other connections, (2) failures of any telephone, satellite, hardware, software or other equipment, (3) garbled, misdirected or jumbled transmissions, or traffic congestion, (4) other errors of any kind, whether human, technical, mechanical or electronic, (5) the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information or the failure to capture any such information, or (6) printing or typographical errors.
  • 7. Selection of Winners
    Refinery29 selects 1 winner based on the quality of their submission and the number of votes they received.
  • 8. Prizes
    Grand Prize: 1 winner will be selected to win a private party with Hpnotiq in a select venue with up to five of their best friends. The exclusive party will be featured on Refinery29 in a custom post. Estimated value is $850.
  • 9. Terms and conditions of Prize Drawings
    1) Grand Prize may not be applied to previous purchases, cannot be combined with any other offer. 2) Promotion begins Dec. 1st, 2011 and ends at midnight on Dec. 31, 2011 when all entries must be received. 3) Odds of winning depend on the number of valid entries received. Grand Prize winner will be selected on or about January 15th, 2012, and will be notified via email and/or telephone. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, does not respond within seven (7) days, or the prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits all rights to any prize, and an alternate winner may be selected. 4) Income and other taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of each winner. 5) Prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable and have no cash value if not used.
  • 10. Acceptance of Official Rules
    As a condition of entry, participants fully and unconditionally agree to these Official Rules, to the Terms and Conditions of Prize Drawing and to Sponsor's decisions, which are final and binding in all respects.
  • 11. Disputes
    In the event of a dispute as to any winner who entered by making an online entry, the person to whom the registration was assigned will be deemed the winning entrant. Potential winners may be required to show proof of identification.
  • 12. Substitution; Taxes
    No assignment or transfer of prizes will be permitted, except at Prize Provider’s sole discretion. WINNER IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OF ANY PRIZE.
  • 13. Potential Winner
    1) Publicity. As a condition of entry, you grant consent to Refinery29 and their agents to use your name, likeness, voice, and biographical information for publicity or advertising in any media or manner, without further payment, consideration, notice or approval and without geographic or time limitation. 2) Liability. You agree that Refinery29 and their subsidiaries and affiliated companies and all their advertising and promotion agencies will have no liability whatsoever in connection with this Sweepstakes and, you shall hold them harmless for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind that you or others may incur as a consequence of your participation in the Sweepstakes or your acceptance, use or misuse of a prize. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrant explicitly releases, discharges and holds harmless the Sponsor and Prize Provider, their successors, estates and assigns and all their respective shareholders, directors, officers and employees, one and all, from any and all liability, actions, causes of action, damages, actual, incidental or consequential, claims and demands whatsoever in law or equity, including attorneys' fees and/or experts fees and costs, which he/she now has or may acquire, by reason of any personal injury, death, loss of or damage to property, or any reason, occurring during or arising out of his/her participation in the Sweepstakes and the acceptance and use or misuse of a prize. The Released Parties are not responsible for any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
  • 14. Conditions of Participation
    Conduct. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate, and/or suspend the Sweepstakes and to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, violates these Official Rules, or acts in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner. In the event that the Giveaway is terminated early, Sponsor reserves the right, but not the obligation, to award prizes to persons who entered prior to the date of termination. Without limiting the foregoing, Sponsor may lock out any entrant who, in Sponsor’s sole judgment, has been disqualified, has questionable eligibility or is otherwise ineligible to enter.
  • 15. Disputes/Choice of Law
    Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, NY (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out- of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation, lost profits, may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. New York Law, without reference to choice of law rules, governs the Giveaway and all aspects related thereto.