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"ALIDA SPRY" <***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OKfWe.20152$***@trnddc07...
Nancy,
If you click on the Official Sweepstakes Rules, you'll get a new window which shows the following. I highlighted the relevelant portions in red.
Alida
GABALDON "SEE SCOTLAND" SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES-NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
Open to legal residents of the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico), who are 18 years of age or older as of July 15, 2005. Sweepstakes ends November 15, 2005.
TO ENTER:
Mail-in Entry:
Handprint your complete name and address, including zip code, and phone number (optional) on an Official Entry Form or 3" x 5" piece of paper. Mail entry in a hand-addressed (#10) envelope to: Gabaldon "See Scotland" Sweepstakes, P.O. Box 6752, West Caldwell, NJ 07007-6752. Entries must be postmarked by November 15, 2005 and received by December 1, 2005. You may enter as often as you wish via mail, but limit one entry per outer mailing envelope.
Online Entry:
Enter online beginning at 12:00 Midnight, U.S. Eastern Time (ET), July 15, 2005, through 11:59 PM, U.S. Eastern Time (ET), November 15, 2005, at www.dianagabaldon.com by following the Gabaldon "See Scotland" Sweepstakes directions and providing your complete name, address and email address. Limit one entry per person and/or email address per day.
Sponsor is not responsible for lost/late/misdirected entries or computer malfunctions. Entrants may be automatically enrolled into the Gabaldon email program (no purchase necessary to receive the email program, and entrants may cancel the email program at any time).
WINNER SELECTION:
One (1) Grand Prize Winner and fifty (50) First Prize Winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries, conducted on or about December 6, 2005, by draddy infusion, an independent judging organization whose decisions are final. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.
PRIZES:
One (1) Grand Prize - A six (6)-day/five (5)-night trip for two (2) to Edinburgh, Scotland, consisting of round-trip Economy Class air transportation, five (5) nights' hotel accommodations (double occupancy) and a tour of the historic Highlands (Approximate Retail Value - $3,500); 50 First Prizes - A autographed, hardcover copy of The Outlandish Companion (ARV - $27.95 each). Items not listed in Grand Prize, including but not limited to ground transportation, meals, room service and all other personal and incidental expenses, will be Winner's responsibility. Grand Prize Winner must travel by November 15, 2006, and travel dates are subject to availability and blackout periods. All travel must be from the major airport nearest to Grand Prize Winner's residence, and Winner will be responsible for any travel to and from that airport.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE:
Open to legal residents of the U.S, who are 18 years of age or older as of July 15, 2005. Employees of Random House, Inc., The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, their parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, agencies and immediate families and persons living in the same household of such employees are not eligible. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited.
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
Taxes will be the responsibility of the Winners. Potential Grand Prize Winner will be required to execute an Affidavit/Publicity/Liability Release within 14 days of attempted notification, or prize will be forfeited and an alternate Winner selected. Grand Prize Winner's traveling companion must be 18 years of age or older and must execute a Liability Release within the same time period. Non-compliance with any condition will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate Winner. Grand Prize Winner and traveling companion will be responsible for securing passports, photo I.D., proof of citizenship or other travel documents required for international travel. Grand Prize Winner will be notified by mail on or about January 2, 2006, and First Prize Winners will be notified by mail on or about February 1, 2006. No transfer/cash substitution of prize is permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to post, remove and/or modify this sweepstakes on the Internet at any time. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify entries from anyone tampering with the Internet entry process. If, for any reason, the sweepstakes or any drawing is not capable of running as planned by reason of damage by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical limitations or failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, could compromise, undermine or otherwise affect the Official Rules, administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the sweepstakes, the Sponsor reserves the right and absolute discretion to modify these Official Rules and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the sweepstakes. In the event of termination or cancellation, the Winners will be selected from all eligible entries received before termination. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to the site. Sponsor is not responsible for injury or damage to any computer, other equipment, or person relating to or resulting from participation in the sweepstakes, or from downloading materials or accessing the site. Sweepstakes is subject to applicable laws and regulations. Participants release the Sponsor, its agencies, and assigns from any liability and/or loss resulting from participation in sweepstakes or acceptance or use of any prize. By their entry, participants agree to these rules. By acceptance of prize, Winners agree to rules and Sponsor's use of their name/likeness for commercial purposes without notification/compensation, except where prohibited by law.
TO OBTAIN THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS:
For the names of the Winners, available after February 6, 2006, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by January 27, 2006 to: Gabaldon "See Scotland" Winners, Dept. A, P.O. Box 3137, West Caldwell, NJ 07007-3137.
Promotion Sponsor is The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Post by NicklshortColleen, I don't see any reason why you Canucks can't enter... I saw
nothing that says for US only. The Sweeps entry asks for Country as
part of your address. Did I miss something about US residents only?
Nancy