Official Rules for The Tutima Contest

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Open to legal residents of 50 United States and Washington DC excluding Florida who as of 8/8/2008 are 18 years of age or older. 

How to Enter:

  1. To enter the Tutima Contest (the “Contest”), visit the accessmensjournal/tutima website at accessmensjournal.com and follow the registration and entering directions provided therein. Limit one entry per person.  Contest begins at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 8/8/2008.  All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 11/11/2008.  

  2. No mechanically reproduced or computer generated entries permitted.  Not responsible for lost, late or misdirected entries, or entries containing incorrect or incomplete information.  Not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer, on-line, or Internet systems or services, servers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry or confirmation or winners notice on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, problems with the accessmensjournal.com website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer resulting from downloading any materials in connection with the Contest.  Entries become the property of Tutima and Men’s Journal LLC (“Sponsors”) and will not be acknowledged or returned.

Winner(s):

One (1) Grand Prize winner and ten (10) runners up will be selected from a drawing held on or about 11/14/2008 from among all eligible entrants.  Entrants who answer the most Tutima quiz questions correctly will be eligible to win (“eligible entrants”). The winners will be notified by e-mail or telephone.  Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. 

Prize(s):

One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a Tutima Flieger Chronograph F2 watch. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of Grand Prize: $3,100.  Actual retail value of the Grand Prize may vary.  Certain restrictions may apply. Men’s Journal reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value.

Ten (10) runners up will receive TBD merchandise from the film Righteous Kill. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of runner up prize: $25.  Actual retail value of the runner up prize may vary. Men’s Journal reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value.

General:

  1. Employees of Sponsors, their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotional agencies, and their immediate family members and/or those living in same household are not eligible.

  2. No substitution or transfer of prize permitted except as provided herein.  Prizes are non-redeemable for cash. In the event of unavailability, Sponsors may substitute a prize of greater or equal value.

  3. All federal/state/local taxes are the sole responsibility of prizewinners.  

  4. Potential prizewinners must execute an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability/Prize Acceptance Form within 10 days of notification.  Noncompliance/return of prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.

  5. By entering, participants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsors, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities, and each of their directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives from any damage, injury, expense, cost, death, loss, claim, action, demand, or other liability that may arise in connection with the Contest, or resulting from their acceptance and/or use of any prize, their participation in this promotion, or from any misuse or malfunction of any prize awarded, including, without limitation, personal injury, death, and/or property damage.

  6. Acceptance of any Prize constitutes consent to use winner’s name and likeness for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. 

  7. Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the accessmensjournal.com website, or who is otherwise in violation of the Official Rules.  Sponsors further reserve the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Contest in the event the Contest is not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, or technical failures of any kind.  In the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account used to enter the Contest at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules.  Authorized account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address.  CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PARTICIPANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE ACCESSMENSJOURNAL.COM WEBSITE OR TAMPER WITH OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS.  SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT(S) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. 

  8. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges, which shall be final and binding with regard to all matters relating to the Contest.

  9. Any dispute arising from this Contest will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws principles, and the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the State and Federal Court located in New York County and agree that such courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

Winner’s List:

For names of prize winners, after 11/14/2008, send a separate, stamped, self-addressed, No.10 envelope to: Tutima Contest c/o GS, Men’s Journal LLC, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.