Contest Rules: Ampersand Valentines Mug & Gift Cards

How to enter:

Con­tes­tants must enter using the offi­cial form dis­played at https://​amper​art​.com/​e​n​t​e​r​-​v​a​l​e​n​t​i​n​e​s​-​2​0​15/ whether by land­ing on that page arbi­trar­i­ly or by link of referrer.

Fill in your first name, email, and sub­mit. You will then be asked if you wish to noti­fy oth­ers by email, in which you copy and paste an invi­ta­tion or write your own. The more peo­ple you refer who sign up as sub­scribers, the bet­ter chance you have of win­ning one of three prizes, list­ed below.

Con­test ends mid­night PST Feb­ru­ary 5, 2015. Win­ners will be noti­fied by Feb­ru­ary 10, 2015.

Prizes will be mailed (first place win­ner) and emailed (sec­ond & third place win­ners) — see “Prizes” & “Deliv­ery” for details, below.

Loca­tion: This con­test is open to all coun­tries and states in which such a con­test is allowed. It is the respon­si­bil­i­ty of con­tes­tants to ascer­tain the con­test is legal where they live. Con­test pro­mot­er is not respon­si­ble for fraud­u­lent entries. The Gift Card and e‑Gift Card prizes must be redeemed at Star­bucks. No sub­sti­tute prizes.

Age: Con­tes­tants must be 18 years of age or old­er to enter this contest.

Prizes:

First place prize is a Star­bucks 2013 edi­tion (col­lec­tor’s item) Valen­tines mug, brand new in pack­age, with a styl­ized amper­sand on the out­side & the words “You. Me.” print­ed on the inside rim. Includes a Star­bucks Gift Card, either a phys­i­cal card or an e‑card, pre-​loaded with $14 cred­it. Mug (and gift card if not an e‑card) will be shipped via USPS to win­ner (see “Deliv­ery” below).

Sec­ond place prize is a Star­bucks e‑Gift Card, pre-​loaded with $14 cred­it. Award­ed to con­tes­tant who refers the second-​most sub­scribers to Amper​Art​.com by con­test dead­line. Deliv­ered via email to con­tes­tant’s email address.

Third place prize is a Star­bucks e‑Gift Card, pre-​loaded with $14 cred­it. Award­ed to con­tes­tant who refers the third-​most sub­scribers to Amper​Art​.com by con­test dead­line. Deliv­ered via email to con­tes­tant’s email address.

All prizes will be awarded:

If the the first place win­ner does not respond with­in 3 days after the win­ning noti­fi­ca­tion is sent to that per­son, which will be the day after the con­test ends, the mug will be shipped to the sec­ond place win­ner. Then an e‑gift card will be sent by email to the next-​most-​subscribing-​referrals con­tes­tant. The 3‑day time lim­it is to ensure the mug is received by Valen­tine’s Day.

Deliv­ery:

Mug (and gift card if not an e‑card) will be shipped via USPS to win­ner. Win­ner does not pay for ship­ping, han­dling & insur­ance. Pack­age will be insured, so please con­tact Chaz DeS­i­mone — chaz@​amperart.​com — imme­di­ate­ly if item is damaged.

The first prize pack­age will be shipped for arrival to its recip­i­ent in time for Valen­tine’s Day if such recip­i­en­t’s address is with­in the Unit­ed States. If the recip­i­en­t’s loca­tion requires a longer deliv­ery time, such as over­seas, arrival by Valen­tine’s Day may not be pos­si­ble. Arrival date is not guaranteed.

Sec­ond and third prize e‑Gift Cards will be deliv­ered via email to con­tes­tant’s email address with­in two days after con­test ends.

Pri­va­cy Policy:

Con­test win­ners will be announced by first name only the day after the con­test ends.
Con­tes­tants’ email address­es will not be post­ed nor shared.
All entries are auto­mat­i­cal­ly sub­scribed to the Amper­Art newslet­ter which announces each Amper­Art piece as it is released. There is no cost for sub­scrip­tion nor to receive the month­ly Amper­Art “Ordi­nary Phras­es & Amper­sands Extra­or­di­naire” series. I, Chaz DeS­i­mone, design­er & typog­ra­ph­er & cre­ator of Amper­Art, sin­cere­ly hope you enjoy the art­work and stories.

The only postal mail­ing address required will be for the first prize win­ner of the mug. That win­ner will be con­tact­ed by email to state the cor­rect mail­ing address. Oth­er prizes will be sent as elec­tron­ic gift cards.

Oth­er state­ments, rules and con­di­tions about this contest:

  • No pur­chase necessary.
  • There is no cost to enter, how­ev­er if the time & effort required to refer oth­ers to sub­scribe is con­sid­ered too “cost­ly” if you do not win a prize, please do not enter.
  • Con­test begins Jan­u­ary 6, 2015 and ter­mi­nates at Mid­night PST (-8 UTC) Feb­ru­ary 5, 2015. (Time zone map here.)
  • Orig­i­nal retail val­ue of mug: $10.95 US /​ $12.95 CAN (Issued Valen­tines 2013. No longer avail­able through Star­bucks, which deems this a col­lec­tor’s item). (1 issued total)
  • Gift Cards and/​or e‑Gift Cards val­ue each: $14.00 (3 issued total)
  • Win­ners will be deter­mined and noti­fied by email and post­ed (first name only) at  amper​art​.com/​w​i​n​n​e​r​s​v​a​l​e​n​t​i​n​e​s​2​015 by Feb­ru­ary 10, 2015.
  • Win­ners will be select­ed accord­ing to the referred most, second-​most and third-​most qual­i­fy­ing sub­scribers to the amper​art​.com newslet­ter. Sub­scrip­tions are auto­mat­i­cal­ly record­ed and assigned to refer­rer by Con­testHop­per and AWeber.
  • Spon­sor and pro­mot­er of the con­test: AmperArt/​Desimone Design, 17650 Grand Ave. #12, Lake Elsi­nore, CA 92530. Email chaz@​amperart.​com

Thanks for enter­ing & spread­ing the love of the amper­sand … & coffee!