NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on 11/17/09 and ends at 11:59:59PM ET on 12/16/09. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. or the DC who are 18 years of age (or age of majority) or older (excluding Rhode Island and U.S. possessions and territories). Void where prohibited.
International Transactions Not Eligible For Sweepstakes Entry.
All entries, whether submitted online Entry Form or 3”x 5” mail-in entry, have an equal chance of winning.
Eligibility: The Sparkle All The Way Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia (excluding Rhode Island and U.S. possessions and territories) who are thirteen (13) years of age or older (or of legal age of majority in their state of residence, whichever is older) as of 11/15/09, except employees, officers, directors, agents and shareholders of Hot Topic, Inc. d/b/a Torrid (“Sponsor”), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, distributors, subsidiaries, and advertising/promotion agencies (collectively, “Released Parties”) and their immediate families (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related. This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.Promotion Period: Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:01AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on 11/17/09 and ends at 11:59:59PM ET on 12/16/09 (“Promotion Period”). Sweepstakes consists of a random draw Grand Prize Sweepstakes.
GRAND PRIZE SWEEPSTAKES. Two ways to enter: 1) Visit www.Torrid.com during the Promotion Period and enter online. 2) Mailed Entry: To enter the Grand Prize Sweepstakes offline and receive one (1) entry, hand print your full name, complete mailing address, telephone number (area code included), and date of birth on a plain 3”x 5” piece of paper and mail it in a sealed, properly stamped and hand printed #10 envelope to: The Sparkle All The Way! Sweepstakes, 18305 East San Jose Avenue, City of Industry, CA 91748. Each entry must be mailed separately, postmarked by 12/16/09 and received no later than 12/20/09. 3) Online Entry (includes Daily Prize Sweepstakes entry, see below): To enter the Grand Prize Sweepstakes online and receive one (1) entry, visit Torrid.com and fully complete/submit registration per the directions provided during the Promotion Period to receive (1) Grand Prize entry. All entries become property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. No photocopied, computer generated facsimiles, mechanically reproduced, or mass entries are permitted and all such entries will be void. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means and entries by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. Limit one (1) Grand Prize Sweepstakes entry per person and/or per email address per day, regardless of entry method used. Attempts to enter more than once per day will result in disqualification of all entries from that person/email address.
Released Parties are not responsible for lost, incomplete, illegible, late, garbled, inaccurate, misdirected, stolen, undelivered, delayed, damaged, postage-due, Sweepstakes Data, transactions, entries, or mail; any error, omission, interruption in service due to system upgrades, repairs, modifications or other causes, defects/delays in transmission or communication, 3rd party transaction classification, transaction processing, or communication; telephonic, human, network, mechanical, computer, electronic or other problems or errors; theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Sweepstakes Data; technical or mechanical malfunctions; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines, telephone systems, interrupted or unavailable network, server, cable, satellite, Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other connections, miscommunications or technical failures, programming, human error or otherwise, relating to/in connection with Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors that may occur in connection with Sweepstakes administration, Sweepstakes Data processing, the processing of entries or Pins or prize announcements; Internet traffic congestion or any technical problem, including, without limitation, any injury or damage to any person’s computer related to/resulting from Sweepstakes participation; errors or omissions in these Official Rules, in any Sweepstakes-related ads or other Sweepstakes-related materials; human-processing error; electronic equipment, computer hardware or software failures; or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by equipment, Sweepstakes programming, human error, or otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right to void Sweepstakes Data and entries of an entrant who Sponsor believes has attempted to tamper with/impair Sweepstakes administration, security, fairness, or proper play.
Winner Selection: Potential Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing on/about 11/21/09 from among all eligible entries received as described above during entire Promotion Period. Potential winners will be notified by email, telephone and/or mail. Odds of winning any prize will depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.
Prize: (1) Grand Prize is available. The Grand Prize consists of: Two (2) $500 Torrid gift cards which can be used online and in stores (Approximate Retail Value “ARV” = $1,000). Gift cards are subject to certain terms and conditions specified by Torrid. Federal, state, and local taxes and all other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are winners’ sole responsibility. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Miscellaneous: No transfer, assignment, cash redemption or substitution of prizes except by Sponsor at its sole discretion, which reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value. Potential Grand Prize winner will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release and (where legal) Publicity Release within (5) days of date of issuance of notification. Non-compliance with any of the foregoing or the inability to contact the potential Grand Prize winner within a reasonable time period may result in disqualification and, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, awarding of prize to an alternate winner. If any prize notification letter or prize is returned as undeliverable, or if any potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, such winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected for the drawing at issue, at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and judges, which are final and binding, and agree that: 1.) Released Parties and their respective designees and assigns shall have the right and permission to use (unless prohibited by law) the entrant names, voices, cities/states of residence, photographs, and/or likenesses for advertising and/or trade and/or any other purpose in any media or format now or hereafter known worldwide in perpetuity without further compensation, permission, or notification; 2.) If a winner is a minor in his/her jurisdiction of residence, a prize may be awarded in the name of, or to, winner's parent/legal guardian who must execute all documents and agree to all obligations and undertakings of a winner, both on behalf of himself/herself and the winner, or the prize may be forfeited; and 3.) Released Parties and their respective designees and assigns shall have no liability and will be held harmless for any claim, liability, loss, injury or death to entrant or any other person, including, without limitation, damage to personal or real property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in this Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry and to modify, terminate or suspend this Sweepstakes (or portion thereof) should virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, action of entrants, or other causes corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes and, if the Sweepstakes (or portion thereof) is terminated, at Sponsor’s discretion, to select the winner(s) for the drawing(s) at issue from those eligible, non-suspect entries received for the applicable drawing(s) prior to event requiring such termination.
Online registration. This sweepstakes is intended for viewing in the United States only and shall be construed and evaluated only according to United States law. Do not enter this sweepstakes online if you are not located in the United States. WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY COMPUTERIZED SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGE FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Online entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder or user of the email address submitted at the time of entry. In the event of a dispute, the potential winner may be required to provide proof that he or she is the authorized account holder or user of the identified email account, and Sponsor’s decision will be final. “Authorized account holder or user” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider or has permission of the assignee to use the account.
Winners’ List: For a copy of the official rules or winners’ names (available after 12/30/09), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received no later than by 1/30/10 to: The Sparkle All The Way!Sweepstakes Winners, 18305 East San Jose Avenue, City of Industry, CA 91748.
Sponsor: Hot Topic, Inc., d/b/a Torrid, 18305 East San Jose Avenue, City of Industry, CA 91748.