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Official Rules
Janie and Jack Customer Feedback Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”)
1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR ODDS
OF WINNING. ODDS OF WINNING DEPEND UPON NUMBER OF ENTRIES. SWEEPSTAKES VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED BY LAW.
2. Eligibility: Participation in the Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents
of the United States who have reached the age of majority by August 1, 2008. Employees,
officers & directors of The Gymboree Corporation (“Sponsor”), Gymboree Play & Music
franchises, their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising
and promotion agencies and the immediate families or members of the same household
of such employees/officers/directors are not eligible to enter. Sweepstakes is void
in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. Military installations in foreign
countries, and where prohibited by law.
3. Sweepstakes dates: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. ET on August 1, 2008
and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on January 31, 2009.
4. Prize: Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize winner will be drawn randomly from the
pool of eligible entries. The Grand Prize winner will receive one (1) $500.00 Janie
and Jack Gift Card. Gift cards are redeemable at www.janieandjack.com or in Janie
and Jack stores.
Total retail value of the prize: $500. No prize substitution is allowed by winner.
The prize is nontransferable and will be subject to the Sponsor’s policies regarding
gift cards. The prize is provided "AS IS" and without any warranty of any kind.
Limit one prize per household/family.
5. There are two (2) ways to enter: (1) Log onto www.janieandjackcares.com, answer
the questions regarding your experience at a Janie and Jack retail store, enter
your first and last names, home address and valid email address and press the submit
button between 12:01 a.m. ET on August 1, 2008, and 11:59 p.m. ET on January 31,
2009. (2) Legibly print your first and last names and valid email address on a post
card and mail the card to Customer Feedback Sweepstakes, The Gymboree Corporation,
500 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. All U.S. mail entries must be postmarked
by January 31, 2009 and must be received by February 7, 2009.
Only one entry per person and per email address regardless of method of entry. In
case of dispute as to identity of participant, entry will be declared made by the
authorized account holder of the email address submitted with the entry. “Authorized
Account Holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address
by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g.,
business, educational, institution, etc.) responsible for assigning email addresses
or the domain associated with the submitted email address. Any other attempted form
of entry is prohibited; no automatic, programmed; robotic or similar means of entry
are permitted.
All entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and receipt of entries will
not be acknowledged. Delivery of prize requires a street address. Sponsor is not
responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical or computer failure
or any kind of lost, late, incomplete, mutilated, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected
entries, all of which will be disqualified. Facsimiles, mechanical reproductions,
alterations or forged entries will not be accepted. Only completed entry forms with
valid email addresses are eligible and all ineligible entries will be disqualified.
6. Drawing: Winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries
received. The drawing will be conducted by Sponsor on or about March 1, 2009.
After selecting the winner, Sponsor will select two back up winners and place the
entry forms in a sealed envelope. In the event that the first entry form selected
is discovered to be invalid for any reason whatsoever, or if the person who submitted
the first entry form does not respond to the notification that they won as described
in paragraph 7 below, Sponsor will randomly select a winner from the back up winner
names, who shall be subject to the same rules and conditions set forth herein. All
decisions of Sponsor are final and binding.
7. Notification: Winners will be notified by email on or about March 10, 2009.
If unable to make contact with the winner within fifteen (15) days after Sponsor
first attempts to notify the winner, or if the winner fails to claim the prize,
Sponsor will select a back up winner in accordance with the above. Likewise, if
the original winner is ineligible or fails to timely return the signed Affidavit
of Eligibility and Publicity/Liability Releases, or in the event of non-compliance
with any other requirements of this Sweepstakes, the winner shall forfeit the prize
in its entirety, and Sponsor shall award the prize to an alternate winner selected
in accordance with the above.
8. Conditions: All taxes and other expenses associated with the receipt or use of
the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. Participation in the Sweepstakes
constitutes participant’s permission for the Sponsor to use his/her name, hometown
city and state, likeness, biographical information and any statements made by participant
regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor for editorial, advertising, public relations,
and promotional purposes without notice or additional compensation, except where
prohibited by law.
By entering the Sweepstakes, each participant warrants that he or she has read and
agrees to abide by all of these Official Rules and that he or she is not prohibited
from participating in the Sweepstakes. Each participant agrees to release, discharge,
indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, shareholders,
employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, advertising and promotion
agencies and prize suppliers from any liability arising from or related to the sweepstakes,
including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims
based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. BECAUSE SPONSOR COLLECTS
PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM PARTICIPANTS ENTERING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, SPONSOR ENCOURAGES
ALL PARTICIPANTS TO REVIEW ITS PRIVACY POLICY.
9. Additional Terms: Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel,
terminate, modify, or suspend this Sweepstakes for any reason. Sponsor reserves
the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its
sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the
Sweepstakes or Sponsor’s website. Sponsor reserves the right to prosecute any fraudulent
activities to the full extent of the law.
10. Winners List or a copy of the Official Rules: To obtain name of prizewinner
or a copy of the Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by June
30, 2009 to: Customer Feedback Sweepstakes, The Gymboree Corporation, 500 Howard
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
11. This Sweepstakes is sponsored by The Gymboree Corporation, 500 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105.
12. The agreement contained in these Official Rules is governed by the laws of the
State of California, without giving effect to conflicts of laws rules.
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