Windows Phone 7 Giveaway
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: Windows Phone 7 Giveaway (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal
residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least
eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of Federated Media Publishing,
Inc., Microsoft Corporation, ePrize, LLC, and their parent and affiliate companies as well
as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members
of each such employee are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local
laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and
unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions,
which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Winning a prize is
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2. Sponsor: Federated Media Publishing, Inc., 2 Harrison Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.
3. Timing: The Sweepstakes begins on November 15, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time
(“ET”) and ends on November 29, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Promotion Period”).
Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Sweepstakes.
4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, visit any or all of the websites listed below
and follow the links and instructions to post a comment regarding the “Do More with Less”
blog.
www.5dollardinners.com
www.amalah.com
www.bakerella.com
http://barefootfoodie.com
www.burdastyle.com
http://celebritybabyscoop.com
http://chickensintheroad.com/blog
http://cookingontheside.com
http://coolmompicks.com
http://craftzine.com
www.dadcentric.com
www.designmom.com
www.designspongeonline.com
www.drinkoftheweek.com
www.ecouterre.com
http://ezrapoundcake.com
www.finslippy.com
www.gearlive.com
www.girlsgonechild.net
http://www.goodlifeeats.com
http://herbadmother.com
http://www.inhabitots.com
http://www.kayotickitchen.com
http://kitchenscoop.com
http://laidoffdad.typepad.com
www.makeandtakes.com
www.makeupandbeautyblog.com
http://makezine.com
http://makingitlovely.com
www.mamapop.com
http://mightygirl.com
http://modojo.com
www.mom-101.com
www.mommytracked.com
http://moneysavingmom.com
www.mymodernmet.com
www.nesting.com
www.ohgizmo.com
www.outblush.com
http://pancakesandfrenchfries.com
http://paninihappy.com
www.parenthacks.com
www.petitelefant.com
http://projectnursery.com
http://prudentbaby.com
http://rasamalaysia.com
www.rookiemoms.com
http://simplemom.net
http://www.suburbanbliss.net
http://www.sweet-juniper.com
http://www.sweetney.com
http://thebadmomsclub.com
http://www.bargainist.com
http://themommyblog.net
http://thespohrsaremultiplying.com
http://thisweekfordinner.com
http://wantnot.net
http://wholesomebabyfood.com
www.wisebread.com
By submitting your post, you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes
at the applicable website. Posts must be at least twenty-five (25) characters and no more
than two-hundred fifty (250) characters. Posts may not be indecent, obscene, hateful,
tortious, defamatory, or libelous or contain material that violates or infringes another’s
rights, or disparage Sponsor, Administrator or any other person or party affiliated with the
Sweepstakes, or contain material that is unlawful in any way. Sponsor reserves the right to
remove any posts that it finds unlawful, or in violation of these Official Rules, all in its sole
discretion.
Limit: Each participant may enter one (1) time per day at each website during the
Promotion Period. Multiple entries to the same website must be substantially different each
day. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by
any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different
email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that
entrant’s entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to
participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to
any registration, the authorized account holder of the email address used to create the user
name will be deemed to be the registrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural
person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or
other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with
the submitted address. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the
authorized account holder.
5. Drawings: The designated overseer of each of the listed websites (“Hosts”), determined
by Sponsor in its sole discretion, is an independent judging entity whose decisions as to
the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential
winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. The Hosts will
randomly select a potential Sweepstakes winner from all eligible entries received at that
particular website during the Promotion Period, on or around November 30, 2010 and
contact them by email. Each potential winner will be required to respond as instructed with
his/her contact information within the specified time period. If a potential winner cannot be
contacted, or fails to reply with his/her contact information within the required time period,
potential winner forfeits the prize. Potential winners may be contacted by Administrator
with additional prize redemption instructions. Potential winners must continue to comply
with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling
all requirements. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason,
Sponsor will award the applicable prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from
among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held, after
which the prize will remain un-awarded. Prizes will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks
after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes.
6. Prize: FIFTY-NINE (59) GRAND PRIZES (awarded as one (1) per website): Windows
Phone 7, all details and features determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Approximate
Retail Value (“ARV”): $500. The ARV of electronic prizes is subject to price fluctuations in
the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date
the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded
or redeemed. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as
provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a
prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for
any reason. Winner will be responsible for activation charges, monthly access and service
fees and any applicable taxes. Sponsor is not responsible for any fees, costs or charges
resulting from use of the Grand Prize. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of
eligible entries received in each applicable website during the Promotion Period. Limit: One
(1) prize per person.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor,
Microsoft Corporation, all Hosts, Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates,
suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of
their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees
and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause
of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of
property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any
prize.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes each
winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph,
voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media,
worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the
Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond
Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes,
as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the
operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other
promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to
deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of
criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right
to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s
failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision.
10. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of
the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (2) technical
failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or
disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human
intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human
error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries;
(5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) 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. If for any reason
an entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise
destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes. If it is
not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part
of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing
from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the
prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the
event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more
than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or
claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random
drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, 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 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
(Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County,
Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-
pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no
event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain
awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental
and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket
expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability
of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in
connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law
rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Entrant’s Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to
ePrize, LLC’s Privacy Policy http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html and Sponsor’s
Privacy Policy http://www.federatedmedia.net/about/privacy.
13.
Winner List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion
end date (listed above) and no later than March 30, 2011. For the Winner List, send
an email with subject line: “Windows Phone 7 Giveaway, Winner List Request,” to
WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.
© 2010 ePrize, LLC. All rights reserved.







Saturday morning resourcesfulness. I woke up with cramps, not period, just cramps. So I go dressed in comfy pants bc there was no way I was putting on jeans that would strangle my bloated stomach, forcing my ovaries to cramp even more. I pack use my “errand purse”, a cute little coach purse that I’ve had forever. It fits a phone, keys, credit cards & lip glass nicely. There is no room for a tampon much less a Maxi pad – because now that I have given birth I am blessed with the Super Plus + Pad periods of motherhood! I so thought I would be fine…just cramps…no big deal…I will run my errands, get coffee & be back in time for a nap, 2 advil and a visit from Flo. I go to Bed Bath & Beyond first, looking for random gadgets that I have no business bringing into my new house. Then it’s on to BJs – you know, so I can buy the largest pack of Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches I can find & justify this by saying “they’re only 1 point on Weight Watchers & it’s so much cheaper here”. It’ 1 point if you eat 1 ice cream sandwich, not 1 ice cream sandwich after each meal! Any hoo, so I wander around in amazement that I can buy 5 lbs of apples & a case of motor oil all within 2 aisles of each other. If you’re a member of any of these club stores, you know they have tons of books and they are decently priced – well I usually browse that aisle first – for probably 30 minutes since I have no kids with me, this is my Calgon moment. There I am, reading the jacket of the newest James Patterson book and looking for something to pass the time on my next death flight, I mean plane trip and I freeze…Flo came up behind me & kicked me in the ass. Crap! I have a cart full of BS items that I can possibly just leave there in front of the 6,000 other errand runners, so I calmy put down the book and make my way toward the check out. WTF – really? Every other person decided they also needed to check out with me! Thankfully, my navy blue yoga pants (which have never seen a yoga class) are saving me from having to run to the clothing aisle and grab an XL men’s flannel shirt to tie around my waist (remember the whole grunge craze with the flannel shirt around the waist – i loved that! – it’s second to my fave fashion of skirts/dress with leggings and flats – how happy am I that this is now back in style!!) Sorry, got distracted by my 80s flashback. So, it’s finally my turn to check out & I’m freaking out..I need to get home. This is no visit from Flo, this is a barge in, with friends! Ugh, so I pay, show my receipt to the man at the door so he knows I didn’t steal anything & can chuckle at my ice cream sandwich & motor oil fetish…I get to the car, throw my items in the back open the driver’s door & oh no!! The interior of my car is cream colored fabric…if I sit down…I’m screwed, my leased car will have to be bought bc I’ve violated the wear & tear clause of the lease agreement! I open the back door to see if there is something, anything I can sit on….diaper bag! I open it up, pulled out the changing pad from my daughter’s diaper bag, placed it on the front seat & headed the hell home. I pulled up in front of the house, ran inside, yelled to my husband to get the stuff out of the car, ran upstairs, jumped in the shower, got out, took 2 advil, laid on the couch & told Flo to make herself at home bc this chick is done for the day…”honey will you bring me an ice cream sandwich?”
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