Walmart Tools & Home Improvement Ratings and Reviews Sweepstakes
Walmart Tools & Home Improvement Ratings and Reviews Sweepstakes
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Eligibility: The Walmart Tools & Home Improvement Ratings & Reviews Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, and the District of Columbia, who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry. Employees of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and any of their respective related companies, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and as well as the immediate family and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void outside the U.S., in Puerto Rico, and wherever else prohibited by law.
Sponsor: Wal-Mart.com USA, LLC, 850 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066 ("Sponsor").
Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Sweepstakes, entrant agrees to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. Whether an entrant receives a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
Timing: The Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time ("PT") on Feb 3, 2018 and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on May 4, 2018 ("Sweepstakes Period"). The Sweepstakes consists of twelve (12) separate weekly entry periods (each a "Weekly Entry Period"). Each Weekly Entry Period begins on a Saturday and ends on the following Friday during the Sweepstakes Period. Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Sweepstakes. Entrants are responsible for determining the appropriate beginning and ending times in their respective time zones.
How to Enter: Go to www.walmart.com and submit a product review for any product in the "Home Improvement & Patio" Department during the Sweepstakes Period. One (1) potential winner will be selected at the conclusion of each Weekly Entry Period. NON-WINNING ENTRIES WILL NOT CARRY OVER TO SUBSEQUENT WEEKLY ENTRY PERIODS. All entrants are subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to Walmart's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Limit: 2 entries per person per Weekly Entry Period. Product does not have to be purchased from Sponsor to be reviewed. Entries discovered to have been submitted in excess of the entry limit by the same individual using multiple accounts or e-mail addresses will be disqualified. All entries submitted in accordance with these Official Rules shall be collectively hereinafter referred to as "Eligible Entries." Your entry will not be valid unless it (a) meets the criteria described above, (b) meets the Entry Requirements described in Section 6, and (c) includes the required disclosure contained in Section 7.
Entry Requirements: Reviews do not need to be positive; however, the review must focus on the product and the experience when using it and should provide specific details on what you did or did not like about the product. Review must be in English. Incomplete entries are void.
Ineligible entries include responses that are unresponsive, as well as those that are, in whole or in part, (i) threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, hateful, embarrassing to another person or entity, deceptive, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, tortious, or contains racial slurs; (ii) contain advertisements, spam, references to other products, offers, websites, competitors; (iii) contain explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of, sexual acts; (iv) contain email addresses, phone numbers, links to websites, physical addresses or other forms of contact information; or (v) are not within the spirit of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in Sponsor's sole discretion ("Entry Requirements").
Required Disclosure: Entrants must include at the beginning of their review the following disclosure: "#HammerTimeSweepstakes".
Ownership and Use Of Entries: ALL ENTRIES (BOTH WINNING AND NON-WINNING) BECOME THE SOLE PROPERTY OF SPONSOR. Sponsor reserves all rights, including the right to edit, publish, use, display, adapt, modify, or dispose of any Entries including without limitation product reviews, proper names, likenesses, photographs, and/or city/states for advertising and promotional purposes in all media now or hereinafter existing (including and without limitation, the Internet) without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Submission further constitutes entrant's assignment and transfer to Sponsor of any and all rights, title and interest in the entry, without limitation, including all copyrights and trademark rights and waiver of all moral rights. Entrant warrants and represents that their entry is original and does not infringe the rights of any third party and hereby agrees not to instigate, support, maintain or authorize any action, claim or lawsuit against Sponsor or its affiliates, or any other person, on the grounds that any use of the entry, or any derivative works infringe any of entrant's rights as creator of the entry, including, without limitation, trademark rights, copyrights and moral rights or "droit moral." All elements of all entries, including all United States and all other intellectual property rights in the entries, shall be owned exclusively by Sponsor. Nothing herein shall constitute an employment, joint venture, or partnership relationship between entrant and Sponsor. In no way is entrant to be construed as the agent or to be acting as the agent of Sponsor in any respect.
Winner Determination: One (1) potential winner per Weekly Entry Period will be selected by Sponsor by random drawing within five (5) business days following the conclusion of each Weekly Entry Period, for a total of twelve (12) potential winners during the Sweepstakes Period. NON-WINNING ENTRIES WILL NOT CARRY OVER TO SUBSEQUENT WEEKLY ENTRY PERIODS. Sponsor will contact potential winners via e-mail or telephone to provide information on how to collect the prize. Failure to respond to the contact within the time provided in such notification or failure to accept the prize may result in the selection of an alternate potential winner. Unless otherwise stated in the prize notification, prizes will be fulfilled within eight (8) weeks following the end of the Sweepstakes Period. The odds of winning the Sweepstakes depend on the number of Eligible Entries received during each Weekly Entry Period.
Prize: One (1) prize consisting of a $200 Walmart e-Gift Card will be awarded per Weekly Entry Period. Total approximate value of all gift cards is $2400. No substitutions may be made, except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or component thereof) with another prize (or component thereof) of comparable or greater value if the prize is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Limit one (1) prize per person. Winner is responsible for all federal, state, local and income taxes associated with winning prize.
Release: By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, and its respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company's officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
General Conditions: Proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in a disruptive manner.
Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software;(3) technical or human error or which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (4) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen Entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's Sweepstakes entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant's sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, provided that, if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Sweepstakes, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the Sweepstakes prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded.
Disputes: Except where prohibited, participant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the State of California. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.
Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules or for the name of the winners, mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be received by December 31, 2018 to: Walmart.com Ratings & Review Team, 850 Cherry Avenue (Desk 4.126), San Bruno, CA 94066.