Why Is It Always Greener Sweepstakes
Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING

  1. How to Enter:  There are two (2) ways to enter: (1) beginning at 12:00:01 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on April 10, 2008 and ending at 11:59:59 p.m. CT on August 31, 2008 (“Promotion Period”), visit www.whyisitalwaysgreener.com (“Web Site”) and follow the directions for completing and submitting the online Official Entry Form. Online entries must be received no later than 11:59:59 p.m. CT on 8/31/2008. Administrator’s computer will be the official time clock for the Sweepstakes. Limit one entry per person /email address per day.  Any attempt at email or other Internet entry is void. Any attempt by any person to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email accounts or any other methods will void all of that person’s entries and that person will be disqualified. OR (2) on a plain 3” x 5” card/paper, hand print your complete name, street address (no PO Boxes), city, state, zip code, daytime phone number and email address (optional) and mail in a first-class stamped #10 envelope to:

                Why Is It Always Greener Sweepstakes Entries
                P.O. Box 72953
                Rockford, MN 55572,

    to be received by September 8, 2008. Limit one request per outer mailing envelope. No mechanically reproduced entries permitted.  Illegible and/or incomplete entries are void.
  2. Random Drawing:  A random drawing will be conducted on or about September 9, 2008 from among all eligible online and mail-in entries received. Decisions of judges are final and binding. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible online and mail-in entries received.
  3. Prizes & Approximate Retail Values (“ARV”):  (1) Grand Prize:  A $10,000.00 Gift Card/Certificate to a retail store of Grand Prize winner’s choosing (subject to Sponsor’s approval). ARV: $10,000.00. (5) First Prizes:  A $500.00 Gift Card/Certificate to a retail store of First Prize winner’s choosing (subject to Sponsor’s approval). ARV: $500.00 each. Total ARV of all prizes is: $12,500.00. Gift Cards/Certificates are subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions as printed on the Card/Certificate. Prizes consist of only those items specifically listed as part of the prize.
  4. Eligibility:  Open and offered only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older (except residents of NE & AL, who must be 19 years of age or older) as of the date of entry.  Employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of Rain Bird Corporation (“Sponsor”), Archway Marketing Services, Inc. (“Administrator”), and their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion or production agencies, and their immediate family members or individuals residing in their same household, are not eligible to participate or enter. Void where prohibited. 
  5. General Rules:  Sponsor, Administrator and their respective agencies are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, delayed, incomplete, postage due, mutilated or misdirected entries, entries not received by the entry deadline, or for electronic, network or computer failures or malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission that may limit a user’s ability to participate in this Sweepstakes, or other hardware, software or technical errors of any kind including any injury or damage to any person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for undeliverable e-mails resulting from any form of active or passive e-mail filtering by a user’s Internet service provider and/or insufficient space in user’s e-mail account to receive e-mail. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Sweepstakes (or any portion thereof) if fraud, misconduct or technical failures destroy the integrity of the Sweepstakes or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper administration of the Sweepstakes, as determined by Sponsor, in their sole discretion.  If the Sweepstakes is so cancelled, judging will be conducted from among all eligible entries received prior to the time of termination. In the event a dispute arises regarding specific individual entitled to receive prize, entry made by Internet will be declared made by the “authorized e-mail account holder” and any damage made to the Web site will also be the responsibility of the authorized e-mail account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry.  “Authorized e-mail account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.  Entrant may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the entrant is the authorized e-mail account holder of the e-mail address associated with the account/submission. Proof of submitting entries will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.  Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or the like methods of participation will void all entries by such methods.  Sponsor reserves the right to prohibit the participation of an individual if fraud or tampering is suspected, or if the individual fails to comply with any requirement of participation as stated herein or with any provision in these Official Rules.  INTERNET CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.  No substitution, cash redemption or transfer of prize by winner permitted, but Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or greater value.  Potential Grand Prize winner will be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility Liability Release and Publicity Release (where legal) within 10 days of notification. First Prize winner’s may be required to sign and return a Liability Release and Publicity Release (where legal) within 10 days of notification. Non-compliance with these requirements, or if prize/prize notification is returned as non-deliverable, or if any winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Entrants, by participating in this Sweepstakes, hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless the Sponsor, Administrator, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, licensors, advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees and representatives and agents, from and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury, loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to person, including bodily injury, death, and/or property damage, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, or their participation in this Sweepstakes, or any prize-related activity.  By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the judges. Except where prohibited by law, by accepting a prize, winners agree that Sponsor, and its related and affiliated companies may use the winner’s name, address (city, state), photograph, videotape, likeness, and/or prize information for advertising, publicity and promotional purposes and to the use of statements made by or attributed to winner relating to Sponsor, their related and affiliated companies or to this Sweepstakes and grants to Sponsor, and its related and affiliated companies any and all rights to said use without further notice and/or compensation except where prohibited by law.
  6. Winner’s List/Official Rules:  For names of the winners, available after October 9, 2008, or for a copy of the full Official Rules, visit www.whyisitalwaysgreener.com.
  7. Sponsor:  Rain Bird Corporation, 6991 East Southpoint Road Tucson, Arizona 85706

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