Stasher® Resolution Relief Contest
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING CONTEST IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA (D.C.), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE RULES
BELOW) WHO ARE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF THE DATE OF
ENTRY. VOID ELSEWHERE AND WHEREVER
PROHIBITED. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS
CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS OF
SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR. DO NOT
PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL
WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Contest
Name: Stasher Resolution Relief Contest (the “Contest”).
Contest Dates: The contest registration period begins
at 12:00:00 am Eastern Time (ET) on 1/2/2025
and ends at 11:59:59 pm (ET) on 2/2/2025
(the “Registration Period”). Contest is subject to all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations.
Void outside the (50) U.S. and D.C., and wherever prohibited or
restricted by law.
Eligibility
– Who May Enter: Contest is open
only to legal residents of, and who are located within, the (50) U.S. or D.C.,
who are age eighteen (18) or older as of date of entry, and have a valid U.S.
driver’s license or government-issued photo ID, except the following persons
who are not eligible to enter, participate, or win:
(a) Employees, officers, and directors of Stasher
(“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the
“Contest Administrator”), and each of the foregoing’s respective
franchisees, owners, employees, contractors, parents, affiliated companies,
subsidiaries, distributors, retailers, printers, advertising and promotion
agencies, any and all other companies associated with the design or execution
of this Contest, or any employees, officers, directors, members, shareholders
or agents of any retailers, distributors, wholesalers or manufacturers of
Sponsor (collectively, “Released Parties”), and the members of the immediate
families or households, whether or not related, of any of the above. “Immediate
family members” includes, for purposes of this Contest, parents (including
in-laws), grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings), children (including
step-children), grandchildren (including step grandchildren) and each of their
respective spouses, regardless of where they reside.
How to Enter –
Two Ways:
1.) Online Entry – Purchase
Required: To enter, visit www.stasherbag.com/resolutionrelief during the “Registration
Period.” Each entrant must fully
complete the online registration page with all required information including
his/her name, valid email address, mobile phone number (including area code),
date of birth, state of residence, and all other required information. After having read and agreed to these
Official Rules, and agreeing to receive offers and updates via email from
Sponsor, click the submit button to submit your online registration form. Then, each entrant must upload three (3) types
of photo submissions and an essay to complete the entry submission process:
1.
Essay: in 300 words or less,
explain how you ditched single-use plastics in your kitchen overhaul.
2.
Receipt Image: Upload a photo of your receipt(s) showing the purchase of Stasher
kitchen products and other recommended products that you used to upgrade your
kitchen and ditch single-use plastics.
Name of retailer, date of purchase, and itemized products must be
legible on your uploaded image.
3.
Before Photo: Upload a photo of your kitchen before your Stasher kitchen upgrade
(the “Before Photo”).
4.
After Photo: Upload a photo of your kitchen after your Stasher kitchen upgrade
showing how you used Stasher’s How-To Guide to ditch single-use
plastics. After having read and agreed
to these Official Rules, and agreeing to receive offers and updates via email
from Sponsor, click the submit button to submit your online entry.
Please note that only one
(1) image may be uploaded to each photo submission category. Once all photos have successfully been
uploaded, a confirmation message will appear on-screen.
2.) Mail-In Entry – No Purchase
Required: To enter by mail (no
purchase or receipt submission required), you must legibly hand-print on a
3” x 5” card or piece of paper your first and last name, complete address (including
city, state and zip code), valid email address, age, and mobile phone
number (including area code).
Each mail-in entry must also include an original essay that you write no
longer than (150) words describing why you want to ditch single-use plastics in
your kitchen. Any mail-in submission
that does not include an essay shall be disqualified. Mail completed 3” x 5” card or piece of paper
in a #10, business-size envelope with first-class postage affixed to: Stasher
Resolution Relief Contest, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. NOTE:
there is a limit one entry per outer mailing envelope. Mailing envelopes received with more than one
entry inside will be disqualified and none of the entries in the envelope will
be included in any prize drawing. You
may submit a maximum of one (1) individual mail-in entry during the
Registration Period. Any additional
mail-in entries received from the same individual that exceed a total of one
(1) mail-in entry, shall be disqualified.
Entrants shall receive one (1) entry to the Contest for their valid
mail-in entry received. Information on mail-in
entry must be hand-printed. Incomplete
or illegible entries will be disqualified.
All mail-in entries must be postmarked by 2/2/2025 and received
by 2/7/2025 to be eligible.
All online entries
must be fully complete for all required information and must be received by
11:59:59pm ET on 2/2/2025 to be eligible. All mail-in
entries must be fully complete for all required information and must be
received by 11:59:59pm ET on 2/7/2025 to be eligible. Maximum of one (1) entry per person or valid
email address during the entire Registration Period from all entry methods
combined.
Any incomplete or ineligible entries, or any entry submitted with
an invalid or false email address, phone number or other incorrect information will
be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for
lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible,
damaged, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed
under these rules, or for any entry not submitted or
received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human
intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, or
the failure to capture any such information for any reason including programming
or technical errors, or effects of hackers or failure of any electronic
equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network connections; all
of which will be disqualified.
Entrants
may opt out of Email notifications at any time, without affecting their entry,
by following provided opt-out instructions.
By participating and submitting an
entry, contestant agrees that Sponsor and participating parties are authorized
to contact entrant via email, mail, phone or any other form of media to make
contestant aware of information pertinent to the Promotion, and to distribute
information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or
promotional offers, or coupons. Contestants may opt-out of any further email
communication at any time by simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or
following the provided opt-out instructions.
Each
participant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf and the kitchen depicted
in the photo must be the entrant’s own kitchen.
Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another
person’s email address or name, or providing any false email addresses or
information, will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more
than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different
emails, identities, or any other methods void that participant's entries and
that participant may be disqualified. No
mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any automated system to participate is
prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be
deemed void.
In the event
of a dispute as to any entry, registration or submission, the authorized
account holder of the email address used to register, and associated with the
entry will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he must be eligible according
to these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person
assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service
provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for
the domain associated with the submitted address. Proof of being the owner of the kitchen
depicted in submission photos may be required.
By
registering to enter the Contest, you affirm that you have read and accepted
these Official Contest Rules. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and
will not be returned. All entrants agree to be bound by and abide
by the official rules of the Contest.
Submission Requirements:
Photo Submissions: Submit photos
of your receipt, Before Photo, and After Photo showing how you ditched
single-use plastics in your kitchen.
Mail-In Submission: Submit an
essay describing why you want to ditch single-use plastics in your kitchen.
Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify any submission for any
reason that it considers to not be appropriate for the Contest. Submission restrictions include, but are not
limited to, the following requirements:
·
Submission
must be the Entrant’s own original creation;
·
May
not be, or ever have been, submitted in any competition or contest of any kind;
·
May
not be submitted by any individual under 18 years of age;
·
May
not use any name, likeness, or any other identifying element, in whole or in
part, of any person, living or dead, without permission;
·
May
not be subject to any third-party agreement or require payment or incurrence of
any sums to obtain further permissions of any person or entity as a result of
its use or exploitation of the idea or rights therein or portions, or modified
versions or derivative works thereof;
·
Except
as relates to the Sponsor or approved partners, not include trademarks or
copyrighted material not owned by Entrant, or material that is used without
permission (including but not limited to company names, works of art, or information
published on any media) or that otherwise infringes or violates the rights of
any third party (including but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, patents,
trade secrets, logos, contract and licensing rights, rights of publicity or
privacy, moral rights (i.e., “droit morale”), or any other intellectual
property rights);
·
Not
include any unauthorized copy, text or plagiarism of any kind;
·
Not
be considered harmful to minors in any way;
·
Not
contain profanity, inappropriate, indecent, sexually explicit, pornographic, or
obscene content or language (which shall be determined by Sponsor, in its sole
and absolute discretion);
·
Not
contain any political or politically themed or motivated messages or
statements;
·
Not
defame, slander, libel, misrepresent, or contain disparaging remarks or any
other content that could adversely affect the name, reputation, or goodwill of
Sponsor or any other individuals and/or entities affiliated or associated with
Sponsor, the Contest, or any prizes, the determination of which shall remain in
the sole discretion of Sponsor;
·
Not
describe, depict or include content that may be considered unlawful, harmful,
threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar,
libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, religiously,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable in any manner as solely determined by
Sponsor;
·
Not
depict or describe the mistreatment or abuse of animals; and,
·
Not
depict or describe misuse or irresponsible use of Sponsor’s products or any
other similar product.
Representation
and Release of Rights to Photo or Essay Submission:
By submitting an entry, each contestant represents that s/he has sole
and exclusive ownership and proprietary rights of any content submitted; has
full permission and rights to publish and release the content; and agrees that the
content becomes the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor, and Sponsor may
publish, display, promote, or utilize content in any manner of its choosing in
relation to the promotion or advertising of the Contest or Sponsor. Entry into the Contest and upload of any
content, constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use that
contestant’s content submission, photo, name, city and state of residence
and/or likeness for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide in
perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or
permission, unless prohibited by law. Submissions
will not be acknowledged or returned by Sponsor.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual (and his or her entry) who tampers or
attempts to tamper with or abuse the entry process or the Contest website in
any way or who is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules, as determined
by Sponsor or the Contest judges appointed by Sponsor in their sole discretion.
Any questions regarding the number of
entries submitted, eligible nominee or the authorized account holder who
submitted the nomination shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY CONTEST WEBSITE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Grand Prize Winner
Determination & Notification (20 winners)
Judging
of Entries: Following the close of the Registration
Period, on or about 2/8/2025, an independent panel of judges as solely
determined and appointed by Sponsor shall review, select and designate a
maximum total of twenty (20) potential grand prize winners (see prize
description below) from among all eligible entries received from all entry
methods combined.
Entries shall be judged by a
Sponsor-appointed independent panel pursuant to the following guidelines,
requirements and general criteria in the determination of a winning nominee
submission:
Winner Notification: Each potential winner deemed a grand
prize winner will be notified initially by phone and/or email beginning on or
about 2/10/2025. If the Administrator is unsuccessful in its
attempt to reach and speak directly with a selected potential grand prize winner
by phone within 24-hours of the initial notification attempt to the
phone number or email address associated with that contestant’s entry, then
that contestant may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be randomly
selected from among the remaining eligible entries received and notified as per
the procedures outlined above (time
permitting). Note: phone messages will not be left during the winner notification
process.
During
winner notification, each selected potential winner must confirm their
eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to accept the prize
award (see below). The potential winner
will then receive official notification via email delivery. If any selected winner does not meet the
eligibility requirements, or is unable or unwilling to accept the prize or
elects to decline the prize, she or he will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s
discretion and time permitting, an alternate winner will be randomly selected
from among all remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures
outlined above (time permitting). Any disqualified contestant will not receive
any alternate prize substitution or compensation. Decisions
of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the winners and all
matters relating to this Contest are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to each grand prize winner: 1) Winner will be
required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a
liability/publicity release signed by the winner (publicity release where
permitted) and a W-9 form; 2) Winner may
be required to present a copy of a valid social security card and a valid
driver’s license as a condition of participating or receiving any prize; and 3) Winner will be issued a 1099 form
reflecting the value of the grand prize award and is responsible for paying all
applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal taxes)
on all prizes awarded. Failure to
collect or properly claim any prize in accordance with these rules will result
in forfeiture of the prize. If forfeited
for any reason, finalist will not receive any other prize substitution or
compensation, and the prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be
awarded, except as provided herein.
Grand Prize Delivery ~ ONLY available via Venmo: In
order to claim or receive an available grand prize award, eligible entrants
must have or create a Venmo account associated with the mobile phone number
provided at the time of initial online registration or in their mail-in
submission (see below). Each
grand prize award shall be available to be awarded ONLY via Venmo per the
requirements as outlined below, and no alternate forms of prize delivery shall
be available.
If
any potential grand prize winner does not have or does not create a Venmo
account associated with the mobile phone number as provided at the time of
initial online registration or mail-in submission, they shall be disqualified
and ineligible to receive or claim the grand prize award, and will not receive
any alternate prize award, prize substitution or compensation. (Prize award shall not be available to be
received by any entrant in any other form, method of payment or manner of
delivery including via cash, check, gift card, e-gift card or any other prize
delivery method, and any and all such requests for alternate prize delivery
shall be denied.)
Venmo
Prize Award Delivery and Requirements for receipt of grand prize award: All
prize awards shall only be awarded to the eligible entrant via Venmo to the
entrant’s registered mobile phone number as provided at the time of initial
online registration or mail-in submission.
There is no opportunity to edit, update or change the submitted
mobile phone number after initial online registration or mail-in submission,
regardless of any mistake by entrant providing an incorrect or inaccurate mobile
phone number, landline phone number or any phone number not associated with a
valid Venmo account.
Sponsor
is not responsible for any eligible entrant who provides any incorrect
information, inaccurate or fake, false or fraudulent information, including
incorrect submission of a land-based phone number in the required mobile phone
number registration field for Venmo.
All prize awards are subject to the terms and conditions of the
associated Venmo account policy.
·
Existing
Venmo Account: If
entrant has a current Venmo account associated with the mobile phone number
used to register/enter, then the funds will automatically be deposited into the
associated Venmo account, provided it is linked to the associated mobile phone
number, as provided at the time of initial online registration/mail-in
submission.
·
New
Venmo Account: If
entrant does not have a current Venmo account, entrant shall be required to
download the Venmo App and create an account associated with the mobile phone
number as provided at time of initial online registration/mail-in submission. Venmo accounts are free to download and use.
Venmo accounts are subject to all terms, conditions, and policies associated
therewith, and the Released Parties (defined above) will not be
responsible with respect to your use of Venmo.
Failure
to have or create a Venmo account associated with your mobile phone number, as
provided at the time of initial online registration or mail-in submission, shall
result in forfeiture of the associated prize award, and no other prize or form
of compensation will be provided.
Grand Prize Award (maximum
20 winners): Each eligible entrant designated as a grand
prize winner shall receive $1,500.00 awarded via Venmo to the winner’s valid
Venmo account (as outlined above). No other form of payment of
compensation will be provided. The
actual retail value (“ARV”) of each grand prize award is $1,500.00.
Once
electronically transferred via Venmo, prize shall be considered as awarded and
delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery
by winner. Sponsor shall not be
responsible for any lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen
delivery; or any incorrect mobile phone number provided by winner during
registration, mail-in entry, or prize claim.
In the event of any delivery issues, including undelivered, misdirected,
lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor shall have no responsibility to replace the
prize award, and prize award shall not be substituted by Sponsor with any
alternate prize award or compensation.
Winner shall look solely to Venmo’s terms of use for any lost, damaged,
stolen or mis-delivered prizes and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues. Allow 8
– 12 weeks for prize delivery.
TOTAL
ARV OF ALL AVAILABLE PRIZES: $30,000.
General
Prize Conditions: Prize winner must accept delivery of
prize in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. All other costs and expenses related to prize
acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein as being provided
are the sole responsibility of winner. All income,
federal, state and local taxes are the winner’s sole responsibility. All prize awards are non-transferable and no
cash redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole
discretion or as provided herein.
Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable
or greater value, at its sole discretion. All
prizes are awarded as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by
Sponsor. Failure to collect or properly
claim prize in accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the
prize. If forfeited for any reason,
participant will not receive any other prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will remain the property
of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein. All properly
claimed prizes will be awarded. Any
unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
Additional Rules &
Restrictions: By participating, entrants agree to
abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor
and Administrator, which shall be final in all matters relating to this Contest. In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is
later found to be in violation of these rules he/she will be required to
forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the stated value of the prize if
such violation is discovered after winner has used the prize. Participation in Contest
constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’
names, cities and states of residence and/or likenesses for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide on
perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or
permission, unless prohibited by law.
False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants
ineligible for any prize.
By
participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any
claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or
consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses
or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this Contest,
or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in
prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel or activity
related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor.
Participants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer equipment, mobile phone
equipment, Internet access and cellular networks. Sponsor disclaims all
liability for the inability of a participant to complete or continue an entry
due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts
beyond the Sponsor’s control, or otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability
for entries not received due to technical difficulties or transmission errors.
The Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or
failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic
transmission, or other delivery method.
Released Parties are not responsible for mechanical, technical,
electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors,
malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or
delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines,
the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which
may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Contest, and any
injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone
related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information
necessary to participate in the Contest.
Released Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind,
whether computer, technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise,
relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitations,
errors which may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Contest,
administration or execution of the Contest, the cancellation of the game, the
processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize
winners. Sponsor, in its sole
discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the
entry process or the operation of the Contest website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Contest for
any reason including, but not limited to acts of God, pandemics, force majeure,
government regulatory action or ruling,
fraud, misconduct, or if any technical failures destroy or threaten the
integrity of the Contest, in the opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a
computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration,
security, or proper conduct of the Contest as determined by Sponsor/Administrator,
in their sole discretion. In the event of early termination of the Contest,
Sponsor reserves the right to determine prize winners from among all eligible,
non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
In addition, by submitting any Entry, each Entrant transfers
any and all of his/her right,
title and interest in and to such Entry and content submission, including but not limited to any and all
copyrights, trademark rights, "moral rights" and any and all other
proprietary rights that may exist, throughout the world, to Sponsor
and expressly waives any rights s/he may have in such submission and/or content. Each
Entrant agrees Sponsor is the exclusive owner
of all rights in and to such Entry, and/or content, and will have the worldwide, perpetual right
to copy, display, reproduce, exhibit, edit, modify, assign, license, register
for copyright or trademark, distribute, sell or otherwise use and exploit the entry,
content submission, and all
elements and/or derivative works thereof, in whole or in part, alone or with
other materials, in any media now known or hereafter created or devised, for
any reason whatsoever.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, or any
prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or
state court within the State of New Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Promotion, and in no event will entrant be
entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential
damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses,
and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Promotion, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of
New Jersey.
Odds: Odds
of being selected as a grand prize winner are dependent upon the total number
of eligible entries received from all entry methods combined, the skill of the
entrant in the creation of their photo or mail-in submission, and the decisions
of judges.
Official Rules &
Winner List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of the prize winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be
received by 3/31/2025 to: Stasher Resolution Relief Contest, c/o Million Dollar
Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting, official rules or winner list.
Sponsor:
This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Stasher, 1310 63rd St., Emeryville, CA,
94608.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278,
Woodbridge, NJ 07095.