Entering rules

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queensef

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Hey All!

The topic came up on another thread about how often one can enter, and for how many people in your family, etc. I thought I'd paste the following article from about.com in case anyone is confused on this.

If you check the rules carefully, you most certainly can be entering for other people in your home, or for other members of your family who live in their own apartments... Have fun and many wins!!!

***(edit by GSW)***The owner of the article on sweeping has requested that we post a link to her article rather than copying her work. It's good stuff. Read it here:

http://contests.about.com/od/avoidingdisqualification/tp/sweepstakesentryrestrictions.htm
 
If you choose to skirt the rules that's your problem, however bragging about it is another. If you win more that once on the same game maybe you should keep your wins to yourself......
 
Ummm...about.com is not really authoritative as each contest has its own rules. However, playing under someone else's name is fraud. Justify it any way you slice it but when you input their info you are indicating you are someone you are not regardless of whether or not you have there permission. Second you are diluting the chances of honest players who might lose out on a win because you are proxy for someone who is too lazy to play for themselves. Most of us have jobs and other responsibilities and make the time to play for ourselves honestly.

I dare you to email Kraft and tell them you won twice under your name and someone else's name...let see if they think its on the up and up. My guess would be both YOUR wins (emphasis on YOUR since you infact played both) would be disqualified!
 
Eprize and HGTV had previously acknowledged that it was okay to enter for other people with their permission and the understanding that they are the ones accepting and receiving the prize and taking responsibility for the taxes. There's nothing dishonest about that. Some people are incapable of entering for themselves.

Sweepers need to let the sponsors worry about what's right and wrong and stop worrying about what everyone else is doing. Who has the time anyway.

I also didn't see anything in the OP pertaining to people entering under other's name just to win the prize for themselves.
 
LIDARKSIDE said:
Eprize and HGTV had previously acknowledged that it was okay to enter for other people with their permission and the understanding that they are the ones accepting and receiving the prize and taking responsibility for the taxes. There's nothing dishonest about that. Some people are incapable of entering for themselves.

Sweepers need to let the sponsors worry about what's right and wrong and stop worrying about what everyone else is doing. Who has the time anyway.

I also didn't see anything in the OP pertaining to people entering under other's name just to win the prize for themselves.
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From the original post:

It had been a couple of days since I won something, so it was fun just now to see another $50 Electronics gift card win from Nabisco today.

Ummm....Seems to say ...days since I <--- not my daughter or whoever they claimed to be playing for...says I. And if you actually thought it should be up to the sponsor then why get involved with the discussion yourself? I also recognize some people are not physical able to enter for themselves and if this is the case I send my most heartfelt apology but last time I checked being to busy was not actually a disability.

From an eprize game:

Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of plays/entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's plays/entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification

Note the word identity - playing with someone else's name would infact me a different identity.
 
If the rules allow for every member of the family to enter, it doesn't matter if one person enters for all of them or they each enter for themselves.

If the rules state one prize per household, and the person wins again, more than likely the system will catch it; and they won't get the second prize.

Posting in the forum is not the same as worrying about what everyone else is doing, but this topic has been covered repeatedly; and despite what others say or even a JA like ePrize there are some people that just will believe what they want to believe for whatever reason.
 
lott42 said:
Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of plays/entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's plays/entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification.
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If the sweepstakes allows each member of the family and one person in the household enters each of them, it does not violate this part of the rules.

If they enter for each member of the family by using extra email addresses for extra entries, then it does.
 
OMG......You have this all rationalized out in your mind.
Play by the rules, PERIOD! Most people do and its the few who ruin it for the many.
Don't use the excuse that other people don't have the time to enter and that is why you are entering for them. You're doing it to increase YOUR chances and for no other reason and you know it!
 
Well, I'm glad to see some lively discussion :sunny:

I do not enter, FOR MYSELF, using anyone else's name or email. I enter for my daughter, who works full time and goes to college fulltime. She has asked me to do this for her. the sweeps are very clear whether or not this is fine to do, and many state that it is fine. My boyfriend's parents don't understand computes well, and have arthritis so they have asked me to enter for them.

When I state that "I" have won something, it is that I have won for either myself or one of the other two people I legitimately enter for.

If you see it as otherwise, that's fine.

Much love and many wins to all,
 
First of all, I only enter for myself.

The rules state that you cannot fraudulently try to win extra prizes than allowed per the rules.

If the rules state that each person can enter for the prize, and one family member is entering for each one of them, they are not exceeding the number of entries allowed per the rules to gain more prizes.

Most importantly, on another board, we had taken this up with ePrize directly for clarification, because of similar personal interpretations of the rules as here, and ePrize stated that it did not violate the rules.

So, bottom line, what the JA/sponsor says goes and what anyone else wants to believe is irrelevant.
 
LIDARKSIDE said:
First of all, I only enter for myself.

The rules state that you cannot fraudulently try to win extra prizes than allowed per the rules.

If the rules state that each person can enter for the prize, and one family member is entering for each one of them, they are not exceeding the number of entries allowed per the rules to gain more prizes.

Most importantly, on another board, we had taken this up with ePrize directly for clarification, because of similar personal interpretations of the rules as here, and ePrize stated that it did not violate the rules.

So, bottom line, what the JA/sponsor goes and what anyone else wants to believe is irrelevant.
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Thanks lildarkside! You stated it beautifully. Actually, many of the prizes that I win I give away on personal sweeps on my own discusson board on my own personal web site. I RARELY keep anything I win at all, but always givethem to my kids and to pay bills, etc. I was sharing this information so that OTHERS might benefit from it. Those of you who might want to stop and think about it.. might be able to ask yoru relatives if you could do them a favor and enter for them too! Just think how happy it will make you both when a prize arrives at their door :D

Much love and many wins to all, and happy holidays!!!
 
This is a time honored sweepers argument. Now, my suggestion is sweep how your integrity allows you to sweep and agree to disagree with the others.

You are not going to change minds here. Everyone has very deep feelings on what constitutes cheating and the "sweeping to the letter of the rules" issue. Bottom line, it is not up to us to judge someone else, that is the JA's jobs!

Now, thank you Queen for posting the definitions. Let's either redirect our attention to those or just move along! This is not a suggestion.
 
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