ShopSkills Contest Rules
Official Rules
SHOPSKILLS CONTEST
Please review the terms and conditions appearing below before submitting an Entry and participating in the ShopSkills Contest (“Contest”) described below. By submitting Entries Participant agrees to accept and be bound by all the terms and conditions set forth in the Official Rules without any modification or reservation. Should Participant disagree with any or all of the terms and conditions below or desire not to be bound by them, or is not eligible DO NOT PARTICIPATE in the Contest in any manner.
1. SPONSOR: Snap-on Equipment, Inc., 2801 80th Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, 53143 (“Sponsor”).
2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.
3. CONTEST PERIOD: All Entries for the Contest must be submitted between October 1, 2022 at 12:01:00 A.M. Central Time (“CT”) and November 31, 2022 at 11:59:59 P.M. CT (“Contest Period”). The Sponsor’s computer or server, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, is the official time keeping device for the Contest.
4. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open and offered to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, who are at least the age of majority in their state or territory, as of the date of entry (“Participant”). Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor, and its parent, each of its affiliates (as used in these Official Rules, “affiliate” means any legal entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a party), subsidiaries, independent representatives, franchisees, advertising, public relations, and Contest agencies, Webmasters/suppliers and members of the immediate family (spouse, children, siblings, parents), and persons living in the same household (whether or not related) of any of the above are ineligible. By participating, Participant agrees to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all respects. Entries which do not conform to these Official Rules will be disqualified, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Void where prohibited.
5. ODDS: Odds of winning depends on the total number of eligible entries received during each Contest Period. As this is a contest of skill, winning is dependent upon the quality of entries received and the skill of the individual Participants. The selection of the Contest finalists will be in Sponsors sole and absolute discretion.
6. TO ENTER: Participants submits a valid Entry by visiting the designated interactive website www.shopskills.com and participating in a virtual wheel alignment simulation. The online simulation will be judged based on accuracy and fastest performance time, determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, during the designated Contest Period, (the, “Entry”). Alternate Entry: As an alternative form of Entry, a Participant may enter the Contest by mailing a 3”x5” index card during the Contest Period for four (4) consecutive weeks to: ShopSkills Contest, c/o Snap-on Equipment (Marketing Communications Manager), 2801 80th Street, Kenosha, WI 53143. The index card must contain the following handwritten information (photocopies of handwriting is prohibited) to be a qualifying index card: Participant’s name, address, phone number and e-mail and first and last name of Participant’s Franchisee or representative. Once qualifying index cards have been received for four (4) consecutive weeks, the Participant will receive one Entry in the Contest. Participants may submit unlimited Entries.
7. PRIZES/WINNING: Eligible Entries will be judged based on performance time and accuracy by a judging panel selected by the Sponsor and the judges’ decisions are final and binding on all judging matters. Each month during the Contest Period, the two (2) fastest Entries will be chosen as (“Potential Winners”) and will receive a one hundred ($100) United States Dollars credit to purchase Snap-on® licensed products from the website url https://shop.snapon.com/licensed-merchandise#. Once a Potential Winner’s eligibility is verified, the applicable prize will be awarded to that Participant. The judging of Entries to determine the Potential Winners will be held once per month, at approximately 12:00 P.M. CT. at the corporate headquarters of the Sponsor during the Contest Period. The prizes are not redeemable for cash, not exchangeable, not transferable, and not refundable.
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Entries Received By Date (by 11:59 PM CST) |
Judging Date (time approx. 12 pm CT) |
Notification By Date |
| October 31, 2022 | November 1, 2022 | November 10, 2022 |
| November 31, 2022 | December 1, 2022 | December 10, 2022 |
8. RESTRICTIONS FOR ALL PRIZES: No prize substitution, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion. If a Potential Winner cannot accept a prize as stated in its entirety for any reason, the prize will be forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate winner as stated in the Official Rules. All federal, state and local taxes, and export or import duties, and the like (as applicable) on any prize are the sole responsibility of the winner(s). No more than the number of prizes set forth in the Official Rules will be awarded. Winners must provide a valid mailing address for the prize to be issued. The Sponsor will mail the prizes to the winners at such address provided by such winner.
9. PRIZE CLAIMS / NOTIFICATION: Potential Finalists will be notified by Sponsor according to the above schedule. Potential Winners, by accepting the prize, certify that they are eligible to win and Sponsor may rely on such representation. If the Potential Winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected as stated in the Official Rules. Potential Winners must provide Snap-on with their legal name and valid mailing address. Except to the extent prohibited by law, Potential Winner will be required to complete, sign and return a certification of eligibility, W-9, a liability release and, where lawful, a publicity release within seven (7) days of receipt of the documents. If documents are not returned with the aforementioned time period, or if the prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if the Potential Winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, the prize will be forfeited and another Potential Winner selected in accordance with these Official Rules. Potential Winner will become the official winner upon Sponsor’s receipt of the aforementioned documents and information. Potential Winners must submit this information directly to Sponsor.
10. GENERAL: Unless prohibited by law, by entering, Participants release and agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, public relations, distribution associates, franchisees and Contest agencies and all of their respective officers, employees, directors, representatives and agents (individually and collectively “Releasees”) from and against all liability, claims, actions, or proceedings, losses, injuries and damages (whether due to negligence or otherwise) to person(s), including death, and property, or violation of intellectual property rights or personal rights (such as but not limited to, copyright, patent, trade name/trademark, and/or rights of privacy or publicity, or defamation, slander or libel, or portrayal in a false light), or breach or failure of any representation or warranty, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly to the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize, or participation in this Contest, or participation in any Contest-related activity. Releasees, are not responsible and shall not be liable for injury or damage to any Participant’s or any other person’s or entity’s computer or server related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading, or copying materials from or use of the Web site.
11. PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited by law, by entering, each Participant grants permission for the use of his/her name and/or business name, to be posted on the Internet, any of the Sponsor’s websites (collectively the “Web site(s)”), or any website in connection with this Contest, and the advertising, Contest, and publicity of the Contest, and otherwise, at any time or times and in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide for advertising, commercial, trade and Contest purposes without additional compensation, and without notice, review or approval (as solely determined by Sponsor); and each Participant warrants and represents that he/she has all right and authority to grant such permission.
12. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Releasees are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected, separated or non-delivered electronic communication; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), email, Web site or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, or miscommunications, or failed computer, network, telephone, satellite, email or cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure or programming failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of Entry, email or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such or similar information. Releasees are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of emails or the Web site. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or operation of the Contest or Web site, to be acting in violation of the terms of the Web site or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person. Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, third party or like Entry methods will void all such Entries by such methods, and disqualify any Participant using such methods. If, for any reason, Contest, as solely determined by Sponsor, is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend Contest. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to determine the winner from Entries received prior to action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. In case of dispute regarding Internet Entries, the authorized Web site registrant under whose email address and password the Entry into the Contest was recorded at the actual time of Entry will be deemed to be the Participant, and must comply with these Official Rules. Any attempt to deliberately damage any Web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor or its agents.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, RELEASEES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION USE OF THE PRIZE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEB SITE AND THE PRIZE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO PARTICIPANT. CHECK PARTICIPANT’S LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION/GOVERNING LAW: Except where prohibited, Participant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Contest shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by an action in the state or federal courts of of the Eastern District of Wisconsin (or exclusively in Milwaukee County State Court, if the federal courts lack jurisdiction) and (b) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with participating in the Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees or disbursements; and (c) under no circumstances will Participant be permitted to obtain awards for and Participant 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. Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations as between Participant and the Releasees in connection with the Contest shall be interpreted by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Wisconsin including procedural provisions without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other state’s or jurisdiction’s laws.
14. PRIVACY: Potential Winners in this Contest will be asked to provide personal information, such as Participant’s name, mailing address, email address, phone number and other personal identifying information. When Participant submits personal information to the Sponsor, Participant understands and agrees that the Sponsor, its parent, its subsidiaries and affiliates may transfer, store, and process Participant’s customer profile in any of the countries in which the Sponsor and its affiliates maintain offices, including without limitation, the United States of America, and as such, the information may be subject to foreign laws and may be accessible by foreign governments, courts, law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Participants’ information, for the purposes of administering the Contest, is collected to qualify Participant’s eligibility and to contact Participant regarding the Contest and/or prizes. Sponsor may use Participant’s phone number or email address to create a custom audience on social media platform(s). Partilcipant may opt out from such use by contacting Sponsor in writing with a request to remove Participant’s contact information from such customer audience list. Beyond such use, only employees of Sponsor, Sponsor’s affiliate, Snap-on Incorporated, and prize suppliers who are involved in the administration of the Contest and the delivery of prizes will have access to it. Participant’s personal information will be kept at 2801 80th Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 53143, USA, and Participants may request access and/or correction of their personal information by sending a written request to the above address. Potential Winner’s and Official Winner’s information will also be provided to Sponsor’s affiliate, Snap-on Incorporated, and kept at 2801 80th Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 53143, USA, for the purpose of administering the Contest. Sponsor does not sell Participant’s personal information to third parties without Participant’s prior consent. Participant will be given the option to opt in or opt out of receiving products, services, and special offers from Sponsor, its affiliates or distributions channels, including without limitation Sponsor’s distributors or partners. Participants can learn more about Sponsor’s privacy policy click the follow link, as applicable: USA and its territories Participants. IF PARTICIPANT DOES NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE OR ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY DO NOT ENTER THE CONTEST.
15. RULES REQUEST: For a copy of the Official Rules, send a written request with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: ShopSkills Contest Official Rules, c/o Snap-on Equipment (Marketing Communications Manager), 2801 80th Street, Kenosha, WI 53143. Request for Official Rules must be received by September 1, 2021. Vermont residents may omit return postage.
16. WINNER LIST: A list of all winners may be obtained by mailing a self-addressed stamped envelope to: ShopSkills Contest Winner List, c/o Snap-on Equipment (Marketing Communications Manager), 2801 80th Street, Kenosha, WI 53143. All requests for winner lists must be received by the Sponsor after October 31, 2022 but prior to December 10, 2022. Vermont residents may omit return postage.