NO PURCHASE
NECESSARY.
Avon
(Sponsor), whose address is Avon Products, Inc., 1251 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10020, is sponsoring the “Let’s Talk” Sweepstakes
(“Sweepstakes”).
TO ENTER: There will be
Quarterly Drawings throughout 2002 (drawings will be held once approximately
every three (3) months), as described below, and one (1) final Grand Prize
Drawing. To enter each Quarterly Drawing, visit http://www.avon.com
between the dates specified below, complete the required entry information and
submit your entry. Your entry will be entered into the Quarterly Drawing that
is in progress at the time you submit your entry and will be eligible for only
that Quarterly Drawing. You must submit a separate entry, during the
appropriate time period, for each Quarterly Drawing you wish to enter. Each
entry into a quarterly drawing will also constitute one (1) entry into the
Grand Prize Drawing. You may only enter each Quarterly Drawing once, and you
may only receive a maximum of four (4) entries into the Grand Prize Drawing.
You may only win one (1) prize in one (1) Quarterly Drawing, but you will
remain eligible for the Grand Prize Drawing, even if you have won a prize in a
Quarterly Drawing. Entries into any of the Quarterly Drawings after you have
already won a prize will not be eligible for further Quarterly Drawing prizes,
but will be eligible for the Grand Prize Drawing (subject to the permitted
maximum of four (4) entries).
All
entries must be submitted during the following time periods:
- First Quarterly Drawing: 12 a.m.
EST, January 25, 2002 through
11:59 p.m. EST February 28, 2002.
- Second Quarterly Drawing: 12am EST,
April 26 through 11:59p.m EST June 15,2002.
- Third Quarterly Drawing: 12am EST July 19 through 11:59pm EST
August 31, 2002.
- Fourth Quarterly Drawing: Dates to
be announced. Please check back later.
DRAWINGS: Quarterly Drawings:
Approximately
5 days after the conclusion of each of the Quarterly Drawing time periods as
listed above, random drawings will be conducted from among all eligible entries
received that Quarter to select forty-three (43) total winners per Quarterly
Drawing, consisting of three (3) First-prize winners, twenty-five (25) Second
prize winners, and fifteen (15) Third prize winners. The drawings will be
conducted as follows: the First Quarterly Drawing will take place on or about
3/4/02. The Second will take place on or about 6/20/02. The Third, and Fourth
Quarterly Drawings will take place on dates to be announced. Please check back often for the entry dates
and the drawing dates for these Drawings.
Grand Prize
Drawing:
On
or about 12/20/02, a random drawing will be conducted from among all eligible
entries received to select one (1) Grand Prize winner.
All
drawings (Quarterly Drawings and Grand Prize Drawing) will be conducted by a
PEOPLE magazine representative, whose decisions are final and binding in all
matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend on the number of
eligible entries received. Potential winners will be notified by e-mail within
thirty (30) days of the drawing. If a potential winner does not respond within
fourteen (14) days, an alternative entrant may be selected in his or her place
at random from all entries received.
PRIZES:
Quarterly
Drawings Prizes:
- Three (3) FIRST PRIZES: A $100 Online
Shopping Spree at www.avon.com
(Approximate retail value of each: $100).
- Twenty-five
(25) SECOND PRIZES: One (1) featured full size Avon product per winner
(Approximate retail value of each: $12).
- FIFTEEN (15) THIRD PRIZES: One (1)
PEOPLE Entertainment Almanac per winner (Approximate retail value of each:
$10).
Grand Prize:
- ONE (1)
GRAND PRIZE: A trip for two (2) to NYC to get pampered at the AVON Spa.
Package includes: Two (2) coach round trip tickets to NYC from the major
airport nearest the winner’s residence, a two (2) night stay for two (2)
at a 4-star NYC hotel (double occupancy accommodations) to be selected by
Sponsor, and one (1) complimentary day of beauty at the AVON Salon &
Spa in NYC. (Approximate total retail value: $1800 depending on the
location of the winner’s residence.)
All federal, state and local taxes, and all other expenses,
including, but not limited to, travel to and from airports, are the sole
responsibility of the winner.
Total estimated retail value of all
prizes: $2550.
ELIGIBILITY:
Sweepstakes open to legal residents of the United States, 18 years or older, who
have internet access prior to July 19, 2002. Employees, officers, directors,
agents, and representatives of Sponsor, its affiliate companies, subsidiaries,
advertising and promotion agencies, and prize providers (“Affiliate Entities”)
and their immediate families are not eligible. Void in Florida, Puerto Rico,
and where prohibited by law.
INTERNET AND
SWEEPSTAKES CONDITIONS: In the event of a dispute as to the identity
of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will
be deemed made by the “authorized account holder,” who is deemed to be the
natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access
provider, service provider, or other online organization that is responsible
for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted
address. The Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems,
servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or
entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic
congestion on the Internet or at any web site, any combination thereof, or
otherwise, including any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s
computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any
materials in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error,
omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission,
communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or
alteration of, entries. If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of
running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs,
tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure, human error or
any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor that corrupt or affect the
administration, security, fairness integrity, or proper conduct of the
Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify
any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. In the event this Sweepstakes is
cancelled, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may conduct a random drawing to
award all remaining prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect, entries
received as of the date and time the Sweepstakes was terminated. CAUTION: ANY
ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE
LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND
CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
WINNERS LIST: For the Grand Prize winner’s name (available
after 5/1/02), send a self addressed stamped envelope to “AVON Sweepstakes” c/o
PEOPLE Magazine, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, room 29-18, New York, NY 10020.