SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES
Official Rules for Bucketsquad Apparel LLC Instagram Sweepstakes
Introduction; Eligibility
The following OFFICIAL RULES ("Official Rules") are for the Apparel "Giveaway” which is offered by Bucketsquad Apparel LLC (“Company”). To be eligible for the Giveaway, you must: (1) be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry; (2) furnish upon Company’s request truthful and accurate proof of your age, identity, residence, and any other identification requirements described in these Official Rules; and (3) not reside in the countries of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, or Syria, or in any other country or other jurisdiction (including, but not limited to a state within the United States) that would require Company to register, post a bond or otherwise obtain any other approval or authorization from such jurisdiction before offering the Giveaway in that jurisdiction; and (4) comply with the Entry Method below. You accept sole responsibility for determining whether your participation is legal in any jurisdiction that applies to you. You acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding your obligation in the prior sentence, that Company may also disqualify you from the Giveaway at any time, including after the initial selection of the winner if such purported winner is later determined to not be eligible for the Giveaway. All Company employees, managers, directors, advertising and promotion agencies, legal advisors and their respective immediate family members (parent, child, sibling, and spouse) or members of the households of such parties (those who have lived in the same household for at least three of the 12 months preceding the applicable Giveaway Period) are not eligible for the Giveaway. By entering, you agree to these Official Rules and that the decisions of Company are final and binding in all respects regarding these Giveaway. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS APPLY. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROMOTION, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
These rules (the “Giveaway”) being conducted using the Company's “Website” www.butcketsquad.com/sweepstakes_rules. Company is the administrator of the Giveaway, it will conduct the Giveaway substantially as described in these Official Rules, and it is solely responsible for resolving any disputes that arise regarding these Official Rules. Company’s address is 21250 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 375, Torrance, CA 90503. The Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by or associated with Instagram or any other company.
Giveaway Period
Participants may enter to win starting on 8/20/2024, 11:59am PT and ending on 8/21/2024, 11:59pm PT (the “Giveaway Period”).
Entry Method; AMOE
Entrants may enter the Giveaway by: Following @bucketsquad on Instagram and liking + tagging another user in the comments of the Giveaway post. You will also need to provide Company with your name, address and phone number (all to be used solely for qualification purposes and to send you the Prize if you are a winner).
Giveaway Drawing
Winner will be selected via random number generator.
Prize, Odds of Winning, and Approximate Retail Value
Prize: The winner, after confirmation of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, will receive Apparel (with an approximate value of $60). Only one (1) Prize will be available in the Giveaway, and only one (1) winner will be drawn. International winners may receive gift card (of equal or greater value of Apparel) to Company website in lieu of Apparel.
Odds of Winning: The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Giveaway Period.
General Prize Conditions: Company will contact the winner a via direct message on Instagram. If, for any reason, more than one (1) Prize notification is sent (or more claims are received), Company reserves the right to award the Prize through a random drawing from among all eligible Prize claims received. The winner shall be solely responsible for payment of any and all applicable federal, state, provincial, and local taxes for any Prize won. Each winner will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 or W-8BEN, as applicable, and Company will issue an IRS Form 1099-MISC for the winner if the winner is a United States resident, or an IRS Form 1042 for the winner if the winner is a foreign resident. Failure to submit a completed Form W-9 or W-8BEN will result in forfeiture of the Prize. The Giveaway Entities will not be held responsible for any delays in awarding the Prize for any reason. If, after a good-faith attempt, Company is unable to award or deliver the Prize, the Prize may not be re-awarded.
All other costs and expenses not expressly set forth herein are the winner’s sole responsibility. Winner must take delivery of the Prize within seven (7) days of notice of availability of a Prize from Company. The winner must provide a location address to Company for shipping of the Prize. Such Prize transmission method may be suggested by the potential winner, but the ultimate prize transmission method will be selected by Company in its sole discretion.
The Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of the Prize is a total of one hundred dollars $100 USD.
How to Claim the Prize
The potential winner will be notified within two business days after the random drawing via social media direct message to the handle that the potential winner provided when completing the entry for the Giveaway. Before being declared the winner, he/she will be required to provide a copy of his/her driver’s license or government issued identification or the Prize may (in Company's sole discretion) be forfeited. Upon verification of eligibility and submission of any required documentation, winner will coordinate with Company to arrange for delivery of the Prize. In the event a potential winner is a Canadian resident, said potential winner must answer a multistep basic computational skill-testing question, provided by the Company, without assistance of any kind; a Canadian potential winner who fail to answer this skill-testing question will be deemed ineligible to participate in the Giveaway.
Company will attempt to notify the potential winner as set forth above, but Company is not responsible for any undelivered direct messages, including without limitation direct messages that are not received because of the winner’s privacy or spam filter settings. If the potential winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules or declines to accept the Prize, Company is unable to contact a potential winner, or any Prize notification is returned undeliverable, the Prize will be forfeited. If the Company wishes to select an alternative potential winner, Company will select this alternative potential winner at random from the pool of remaining eligible Entrants. The right to receive a Prize is non-assignable, non-transferable, and no Prize substitution will be allowed. Giveaway Entities will not be held responsible for any delays in awarding the Prize for any reason. The Prize will only be awarded to a verified winner.
Potential winner must also provide Company with valid email address, and acceptance of prize will result in an automatic opt-in to marketing communications from Company (from which, winner may unsubscribe at any time).
Privacy Disclosures
To the extent Company collects or controls personal information from an Entrant, such personal information will solely be used or shared with third parties in connection with Company’s performance of its obligations with respect to the Giveaway hereunder. In the event that an Entrant provides personal information in connection with Company’s eligibility verification procedures or such Entrant’s attempts to claim the Prize described herein, Company will use or share such information with third parties solely to complete such eligibility verification procedures and, if applicable, to (i) provision the Prize to the verified winner, and (ii) to perform any tax-related obligations that follow the provision of the Prize, such as issuing a 1099-MISC or 1042 to the verified winner. In any event, the Company will treat all personal information collected hereunder in accordance with any applicable data protection laws.
Limitation of Liability
By participating in this Giveaway, Entrants agree that the Giveaway Entities, Instagram and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, advertising, public relations, promotional, fulfillment and marketing agencies, website providers, web masters and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, designees and agents (“Released Parties”) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, or undeliverable direct messages or e-mail notifications or postal mail; or for any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections or availability; or garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, availability or traffic congestion; or any technical, mechanical, printing, or typographical or other error; or unauthorized human intervention; or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of registration or eligibility-defining information; or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any Website users, tampering, hacking or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, technical error, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the Website or any Giveaway-related website(s). The Released Parties are not responsible for any injury or damage, whether personal or property, to participants or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the Giveaway and/or accepting or using the Prize. The Released Parties will not be responsible or liable for entries that are entered by any automated computer, program, mechanism, or device, for any entries in excess of the stated limit or for entries that are late, forged, lost, misplaced, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled, or otherwise not in compliance with the Official Rules, and all such entries may, in Company’s sole discretion, be disqualified.
If, for any reason, the Giveaway is not capable of running as planned, Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Giveaway and/or proceed with the Giveaway, including the selection of the winner in a manner it deems fair and reasonable including the selection of the winner from among eligible entries received prior to such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension.
Additional Entrant Obligations
By entering the Giveaway, each Entrant agrees: (i) to be bound by these Official Rules and by all applicable laws and by the decisions of Company, which will be binding and final; (ii) to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules; (iii) to waive all of his or her rights to bring any claim, action or proceeding against any of the Released Parties in connection with the Giveaway; and (iv) to forever and irrevocably agree to release and hold harmless each of the Released Parties from any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, demands, fines, penalties, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with: (a) the Giveaway, including but not limited to any Giveaway-related activity or element thereof, and the Entrant’s entries, participation or inability to participate in the Giveaway, (b) violation of Entrant’s privacy, personal, publicity or proprietary rights, (c) typographical or printing errors in these Official Rules or any Giveaway materials, (d) acceptance, participation in, delivery of, possession, defects in, use, non-use, misuse, inability to use, loss, damage, destruction, negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the use of a prize (or any component thereof), (e) any change in the prizing (or any components thereof) due to unavailability or due to reasons beyond Company’s control, including but not limited to by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order, or request by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not such action, regulation, order or request proves to be invalid), equipment failure, or any other cause beyond any of the Released Parties’ control, or as otherwise permitted in these Official Rules, (f) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation or modification of the Giveaway, (g) human error, (h) incorrect or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of any part of any entry (including, without limitation, the registration information or any parts thereof), (i) any technical malfunctions or unavailability of the Website or any telephone network, computer system, computer online system, mobile device, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider utilized by any of the Released Parties or by an Entrant, (j) interruption or inability to access the Giveaway, the Website or any other Giveaway-related websites or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems, (k) any damage to Entrant’s (or any third person’s) equipment used to access the Giveaway and/or its contents related to or resulting from any part of the Giveaway, (l) any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, defects, and/or any other errors or malfunctions, (m) any late, lost, stolen, mutilated, misdirected, delayed, garbled, corrupted, destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable, or damaged entries, (n) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the Released Parties, (o) lost, late, stolen, misdirected, damaged, or destroyed prizing (or any element thereof), or (p) the negligence or willful misconduct by Entrant. Without limiting the foregoing, everything regarding this Giveaway, including the Website and Prize, are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement, except for any express manufacturer’s warranty as may be included with the Prize. Some jurisdictions may not allow the limitations or exclusions of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusions of implied warranties, so some of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply. Check local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding these limitations or exclusions.
Indemnification
Each Entrant agrees, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all tax liability that may be imposed or associated with his/her receipt or use of any Giveaway Prize and any and all cost, loss, damage, penalty, or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from third-party claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, or demands brought or asserted against Released Parties that may arise in connection with (a) the Entrant’s receipt, ownership, or use of any Giveaway Prize, (b) the Entrant’s participation in any Giveaway-related or Prize-related activity, (c) the Entrant’s violation or alleged violation of any third-party privacy, personal, publicity, intellectual property, or proprietary rights, or (d) the Entrant’s negligence or willful misconduct.
Miscellaneous
THIS GIVEAWAY IS GOVERNED BY, AND WILL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES, AND THE FORUM AND VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE WILL BE IN CALIFORNIA. ANY CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GIVEAWAY THAT IS NOT OTHERWISE RESOLVED THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS OR MEDIATION WILL BE RESOLVED BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURES OR SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS THEREOF (“AAA RULES”), AND JUDGMENT ON THE AWARD RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF. THE AAA RULES FOR SELECTION OF AN ARBITRATOR WILL BE FOLLOWED, EXCEPT THAT THE ARBITRATOR WILL BE EXPERIENCED AND LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN CALIFORNIA ALL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM WILL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT WILL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF. ENTRANTS AGREE THAT THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ANY ENTRANT AND/OR GIVEAWAY ENTITIES AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. ANY DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION OR ANY OTHER CLAIM OR ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE GIVEAWAY MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR OF THE TIME THE CAUSE OF ACTION OCCURRED, OR THE CAUSE OF ACTION WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
Further, Entrants hereby waive all rights, to: (i) claim punitive, exemplary, special, incidental, indirect, and consequential damages, and any other damages (whether due to negligence or otherwise), other than for actual out-of-pocket costs; and (ii) have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Entrants agree that the rights and obligations of any Entrant and/or Giveaway Entities and/or any other party will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action.
Any attempted form of participation in this Giveaway other than as described herein is void. Company and Administrator reserve the right to disqualify any individual found, in its sole opinion, to be tampering with the operation of the Giveaway, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike manner or with the intent to disrupt the normal operation of a Giveaway. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third-party or like methods to participate in the Giveaway will void any attempted participation effected by such methods and the disqualification of the individual utilizing the same. CAUTION AND WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. If any provision of these Official Rules or any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or other portion thereof should be held unenforceable or invalid for any reason, then that provision or portion thereof will be modified or deleted in such manner as to render the remaining provisions of these Official Rules valid and enforceable. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the Prize documents will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Company’s and/or Administrator’s interpretation of these Official Rules is final and binding in all matters related to the Giveaway. Company’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision and such provision will remain in full force and effect. All entries and/or materials submitted become the property of Company and will not be returned. In the event of any conflict with any Giveaway details contained in these Official Rules and Giveaway details contained in any promotional materials (including but not limited to point of sale, television and print and internet advertising, promotional packaging and other promotional media), the details of the Giveaway as set forth in these Official Rules will prevail.
Publicity Rights
Company may publish and publicize the winner as it sees fit. The requirement is an element of eligibility and if you do not agree to such publicity, you will be required to forfeit the Prize and an alternate winner may or may not be selected.
Official Rules and Winner List
To obtain a copy of these Official Rules or the identity of the winner of the Giveaway, mail a self-addressed, stamped (although Vermont residents may omit return postage), business-sized envelope specifying “Official Rules” or “Winner Identification” to: 1100 Avenida Acaso, Camarillo, CA 93012. Requests pursuant to this heading must be received within twelve (12) months of the end of the Giveaway Period.