Professional Technician Sweepstakes:
The MacPherson Ride Giveaway Promotional Sweepstakes 2024
OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID IN PUERTO RICO AND WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.
ELIGIBILITY
The Auto Value®/Bumper to Bumper® Ride For The Brand Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is offered only in the United States (except Puerto Rico) and Canada, and is open only to persons who are legal residents of the United States and Canada who have reached the age of majority in their State, Province or Territory at time of entry and who are employed in the automotive aftermarket as repair technicians who purchase or use auto parts in order to repair customer vehicle.
ENTRY PERIOD
Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 AM Central Daylight Time (CDT), May 1, 2024, and ends at 11:59 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT), May 31, 2024 (“Sweepstakes Period”). For purposes of these official rules, all times listed refer to Central Daylight Time.
HOW TO ENTER
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES
There are three ways to enter the Sweepstakes:
- Users of Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper’s on-line parts purchasing tool MyPlace4Parts® can click on the Official Entry Form that appears with each purchase of any MacPherson item; they will automatically receive one entry for each such purchase.
- Complete the Official Entry Form online at https://www.macphersonride.com/promo. Enter the invoice number provided for each purchase of any MacPherson item. One entry is awarded for each such purchase.
- Send a 3×5 card with the following information: Name, Email, Home/Street Address, City, State, Zip, Shop Name, Shop Address, City, State, Zip, Shop Phone to:
“The MacPherson Ride Giveaway Sweepstakes 2024”
C/O Boxhead Design Group
524 Main Street, Suite 311
Racine WI, 53403
All entrants must provide a street address. Entries providing only a post office box will not be accepted.
All Sweepstakes entries must be based on orders placed via MyPlace4Parts® on or before May 31, 2024 or 3X5 cards postmarked on or before May 31, 2024. All Sweepstakes entries must be received by June 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM CDT. Any other attempted form of entry is prohibited.
DISCLAIMER
Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc. (“Sponsor”), and all warehouse distributors, jobbers, and other vendors associated with the Sponsor in promoting and/or administering the Sweepstakes (the Sponsor and such other associated entities, being collectively called the “Sweepstakes Entities”) are not responsible for lost, interrupted, late or damaged mail, unauthorized human intervention, or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, or electronic; including without limitation incorrect or incomplete Sweepstakes information (including Sweepstakes entry information) regardless of cause.
Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. Use of robotic, automated, programmed, or like means to enter the Sweepstakes will void all entries affected by such methods. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the Sweepstakes entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes. Once submitted, all requests and entries become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
By completing the Official Entry form, all entrants consent to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information by the Sponsor for the purposes of running the Sweepstakes and as permitted by these rules. Personal information is defined as anything that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home telephone number, age, home address, email address, gender. Sponsor will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering this Sweepstakes.
DRAWINGS
One (1) Grand Prize winner, fifteen (15) First Prize winners, thirty (30) Second Prize winners and one hundred (100) Third Prize winners will be selected in one (1) random drawing from all eligible entries received by 11:59 PM Central Daylight Time the day prior to the drawing date. The drawings will be conducted by the Sponsor. The drawing will be made randomly by Boxhead Design Group – 524 Main Street., Suite 311, Racine WI, 53403 – via computer at 12:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time on June 15.
SKILL-TESTING QUESTION (CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY)
Upon notification of selection for any prize, if the selected entrant is a Canadian resident, he or she must correctly answer a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, before the prize will be awarded. In the event that the selected entrant is unable to answer the skill-testing question correctly, the Sponsor shall have the right to disqualify said entrant and to randomly draw another eligible entry, and the Sponsor shall be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard.
SWEEPSTAKES PRIZES, APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (ARV)
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS: Total of one (1) winner with a custom MacPherson Golf Cart not to exceed a cost of $20,000 USD and freight.
FIRST PRIZE WINNERS: Total of fifteen (15) winners will each win VISA Gift card valued at $500 USD.
SECOND PRIZE WINNERS: Total of thirty (30) winners will each win VISA Gift card valued at $250 USD.
THIRD PRIZE WINNERS: Total of one hundred (100) winners will each win VISA Gift card valued at $100 USD.
Prizes are not allocated on a regional basis. The ARVs are subject to change based on current market conditions at time of prize fulfillment. Any difference between the ARVs and the actual values, if any, will not be awarded.
The Prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible entries are received. Prize is nontransferable; no substitutions or cash redemptions except by Sponsor due to prize unavailability, in which case a prize of equal or greater retail value will be awarded.
Winners will be required to execute and return a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability and Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law) within 14 days of notification attempt or the prize may be forfeited, and an alternate winner selected in a random drawing from among all of the remaining eligible entries.
Sponsor is not responsible for misplaced, lost, stolen, or tampered with prize tickets or other prizes. Grand Prize Winners must select the vehicles by November 30, 2024 or the prize is forfeit. Grand Prize Winners accept vehicles “as is” and in the condition found. Sweepstakes Entities make no representation as to the condition of the vehicles or with regard to their roadworthiness. Winners bear the sole responsibility for the operation of the vehicles and their condition. Entrants further acknowledge that the Sweepstakes Entities have neither made nor are in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation, or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, relative to the prizes, and any implied warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose.
Each Prize winner will be required to supply Sponsor with his/her social security number for tax purposes. Taxes (if any) on prizes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Prizes are nontransferable and cannot be assigned. Sponsor may, at its sole discretion, substitute a prize of equal or greater value if advertised prize becomes unavailable for any reason. Odds of winning a Prize depend on the total number of eligible entries received at the time of draw.
EXCLUSION FROM ELIGIBILITY
Employees (other than those employed by licensees of the Alliance as repair technicians), officers, and directors of Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc., its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising/promotional agencies, the other Sweepstakes Entities, and the members of the immediate family of any of the foregoing (parents, siblings, children, and spouse) or those persons living in the same household, whether related or not, of such individuals are ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
By entering, entrant has confirmed and is held accountable that the address on their entry is current and is valid for the Sweepstakes Period and for six months after the Sweepstakes has ended. The entrant’s address must be a street address. Entries showing post office boxes will not be accepted. Any prizes shipped to a wrong address or unclaimed will be forfeited and winner will become disqualified. The eligibility of each prize winner will be verified by the member of the Sponsor who made the sweepstakes available to such winner. Upon verification, the prize will be shipped to such member of the Sponsor. Such member will then notify the winner by telephone, e-mail or mail and will make arrangements for the delivery of the prize to the winner. Winners will be notified. If prize is returned as undeliverable, the winner of such prize will be disqualified, and an alternate winner selected in a random manner from among the remaining eligible entries. Each prize winner will be required to execute and return a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability and Publicity Release (unless prohibited by law) within 14 days of notification attempt or the prize may be forfeited, and an alternate winner selected in a random drawing from among all of the remaining eligible entries.
By entering in the Sweepstakes, entrant: (a) agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and by the interpretations of these Official Rules by Sponsor and by the decisions of Sponsor; (b) acknowledges compliance with these Official Rules; (c) agrees to comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations; (d) acknowledges the inherent hazards and risks associated with the use of golf carts, including sever injury and even loss of life and freely accepts and expressly assumes all risk, dangers and hazards that may arise from operation of a golf cart which could result in personal injury, loss of life and property damage; and (e) forever releases, absolves, indemnifies and agrees to hold harmless Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc., the other Sweepstakes Entities, the respective companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising/promotional agencies, and the employees, officers, directors, and agents of any of the above organizations from any and all liability for any injuries, losses, or damages to person (including death) and/or property of any kind caused in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by participation in the Sweepstakes or the acceptance, possession, or use/misuse of the prize or participation in any prize-related activities, and for any claim, demand, or cause of action known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, past, present or future, to the maximum extent permitted by law without exception or reservation, including claims based on defamation, publicity rights, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, or any other intellectual property related cause of action. By accepting a prize, winner grants the right to Sponsor to record, videotape, and photograph such winner (“Images”). These Images will be owned by Sponsor. Sponsor and each of its designees shall have the right to use, edit, adapt, post, stream, copy, and exploit such Images, and all elements embodied therein, including any names, likenesses, voice, conversation, and any other attributes of such winner, individually or with others, together with his/her name, address, as well as any statements made by such winner regarding the Sweepstakes or Sponsor (provided they are true) in whole or in part, in conjunction with other material, if any, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, for the purpose of trade, advertising, promotion, or any other lawful purpose whatsoever, in perpetuity, throughout the world, without additional compensation, consideration, notification, or permission, except where prohibited by law.
GENERAL TERMS
The Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible if the Sweepstakes cannot take place or be completed or if any prize cannot be awarded due to delays, interruptions, or failures due to acts of God, war, natural disasters, weather, acts or threats of terrorism, strikes, lockouts, labor disputes, work stoppages, fire, acts of government, or other events outside of the reasonable control of the Sweepstakes Entities. If, for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including, without limitation, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of the Sweepstakes Entities, which, in Sponsor’s sole determination, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Sweepstakes or any part of the Sweepstakes. If the Sweepstakes or any part of the Sweepstakes is terminated or modified prior to the closing date of the Sweepstakes, notice will be posted on https://www.macphersonride.com/promo if time permits and the prizes will be awarded to potential winners to be selected in a random drawing from among all of the remaining uncorrupted eligible entries received prior to any such event outside of the reasonable control of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to modify and amend these Official Rules from time to time during the Sweepstakes for clarification purposes.
ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY A WINNER WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS A WINNER OF THE SWEEPSTAKES AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS A WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THE COURTS (STATE AND FEDERAL) LOCATED WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS SHALL HAVE SOLE JURISDICTION OF ANY CONTROVERSIES REGARDING THE SWEEPSTAKES AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS SHALL GOVERN THE SWEEPSTAKES. EACH ENTRANT WAIVES ANY AND ALL OBJECTIONS TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE IN THESE COURTS AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THESE COURTS.
QUEBEC’S RESIDENTS
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of this publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the board only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
WINNERS LIST REQUEST
For a copy of the Winners List, visit https://www.macphersonride.com/promo or mail a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by October 1, 2024 to:
“The MacPherson Ride Giveaway Sweepstakes 2024”
C/O Boxhead Design Group
524 Main Street, Suite 311
Racine WI, 53403
SPONSOR
” The MacPherson Ride Giveaway Sweepstakes 2024″ is sponsored by:
Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc.
2706 Treble Creek
San Antonio, TX 78258
No Purchase Necessary. Void Where Prohibited.
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