The Taylor Guitars September 2023 Instagram Giveaway

Official Sweepstakes Rules - North America & Canada (excluding Quebec)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

PROMOTION DESCRIPTION

The Taylor Guitars September 2023 Instagram Giveaway (the “Sweepstakes”) for the promotion of Taylor Guitars’ 222ce-K DLX acoustic guitar and the TaylorSense Guitar Health Maintenance System begins on or about September 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time (“PT”) and ends on September 30, 2023 at 11:59 PM PT (the “Promotion Period”). 

At the end of the Promotion Period, a random drawing will be conducted to select one (1) winner of a Prize from among all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period, as set forth more fully below. Entry in the Sweepstakes does not constitute entry into any other promotion, contest or sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Taylor-Listug, Inc. d/b/a Taylor Guitars, 1980 Gillespie Way, El Cajon, CA 92020 (“Sponsor”), which shall be final and binding in all respects. 

The Sweepstakes is in no way affiliated with or managed by Instagram.

ELIGIBILITY

Only legal U.S. residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Québec) who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry are eligible to enter.

Officers, directors and employees of Sponsor, or any of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, retailers, sales representatives, advertising and promotion agencies (all such individuals and entities collectively referred to herein as the “Promotion Entities”), and the immediate family members and/or those residing in the same household of each are ineligible to enter the Sweepstakes or win a prize. This Sweepstakes is void where prohibited.

HOW TO ENTER

To enter: Visit the Taylor Guitars Instagram account during the Promotion Period, follow the Taylor Guitars Instagram account, like the Sweepstakes post, tag a friend in the comments of the post, and comment with the first song you would play if you won to complete the entry.

Upon completion and submission of the entry, you will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. All requirements must be completed to enter and to be eligible to win. Limit one (1) entry per person. All entries must be received by the end of the Promotion Period in order to participate. Sponsor or its Vendor will be the official timekeeper for this Sweepstakes. The winner will be selected from all entries received through the permitted methods above during the Promotion Period. Although subsequent entries may be received, only entrant’s first entry during the Promotion Period will count. Any individual who attempts or otherwise encourages, directly or indirectly, the entry of multiple or false entries, as determined by the Sponsor, will be disqualified. All entries become the property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor may engage third party application providers and other vendors (each, a “Vendor”) to administer certain aspects of the Sweepstakes, including without limitation, the collection of entry information. Such Vendor(s) will provide your personally identifiable information to Sponsor. Sponsor may use your personally identifiable information as provided herein, to contact you for promotional and other purposes, and in accordance with its online privacy policy, located at http://www.taylorguitars.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Vendor(s) may also use your information for their own independent purposes in accordance with their own independent privacy practices. Sponsor is not responsible for the storage or any use of your entry information by such Vendor(s). Any communication or information transmitted to Sponsor (through Instagram or otherwise) by electronic mail or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. 

WINNER SELECTION & NOTIFICATION

Within approximately forty-five (45) days after the end of the Promotion Period, one (1) Prize winner will be randomly selected in a drawing from all eligible entries received throughout the Promotion Period. The drawing for the Prize will be conducted by Sponsor or its designee, using randomization methods selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion. The potential winner will be notified within sixty (60) days after the end of the Promotion Period by Instagram comment or direct message. Various elements of the Prize will be fulfilled through separate deliveries from separate sources.

Sponsor shall have no liability if any elements of any prize or winner notification is lost, intercepted, or not received by a potential winner for any reason.

If, despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within 72 hours after the prize notification was sent, or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and an alternate winner may be selected.

If any potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines a prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. 

PRIZES/ODDS

There is one (1) prize available. The Prize consists of one (1) 222ce-K DLX and one (1) TaylorSense Guitar Health Maintenance System, total ARV $1,978.99 USD.

No cash alternative or substitution of prizes will be allowed, except Sponsor or any of the other Promotion Entities reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute prize(s) of comparable value if any prize listed is unavailable, in whole or in part, for any reason. Applicable portions of prizes will be delivered only to an address in the United States and District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Québec).

GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS

The Prize will be awarded only if the potential prize winner fully complies with these Official Rules. The prize is non-assignable and non-transferable. Prizes pictured in point-of-sale, online, television and print advertising, promotional packaging, and other Sweepstakes materials are for illustrative purposes only. Actual prize may vary from the prize pictured. All details and other restrictions of the prize not specified in these Official Rules will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. No cash alternative or substitution of the prize will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute prize of comparable value if any prize listed is unavailable, in whole or in part, for any reason. The Prize winner shall be solely responsible for all federal, state, provincial and/or local taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the applicable prize.

The potential Prize winner will be required to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and (where imposing such condition is legal) a Publicity Release (collectively, “Prize Claim Documents”). If any potential winner fails or refuses to sign and return all Prize Claim Documents within five (5) days of prize notification, the winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. Canadian residents may need to correctly answer a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical, electronic or otherwise, prior to being declared a winner.

Sponsor makes no warranties, and hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, concerning any prize furnished in connection with the Sweepstakes. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND THE PROMOTION ENTITIES HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

GENERAL LIABILITY RELEASE/FORCE MAJEURE

Acceptance of a prize constitutes winner’s permission for the Promotion Entities to use winner’s name, photograph, likeness, voice, biographical information, statements and address (city and state) for advertising and/or publicity purposes worldwide and in all forms of media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity, without further compensation. Entrants agree that the Promotion Entities and Instagram (A) shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes-related activity, or from entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize, and (B) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose.

The Promotion Entities and Instagram assume no responsibility for any damage to an entrant’s, or any other person's, computer system which is occasioned by accessing Instagram or otherwise participating in the Sweepstakes, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Promotion Entities and Instagram are not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged, stolen, or postage-due submissions or prize notifications; or for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet service providers, websites, or other connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information.

Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. No mechanically reproduced, illegible, incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will be accepted. If a dispute as to the identity of the individual who actually submitted an entry cannot be resolved to Sponsor’s satisfaction, the affected entry will be deemed ineligible.

Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Sweepstakes is technically impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control have destroyed or severely undermined or to any degree impaired the integrity, administration, security, proper play and/or feasibility of the Sweepstakes as contemplated herein. In the event an insufficient number of eligible entries are received and/or Sponsor is prevented from awarding prizes or continuing with the Sweepstakes as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic of health of other means, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal state or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Sweepstakes. If the Sweepstakes is terminated before the designated end date, Sponsor will (if possible) select the winner in a random drawing from all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the date of the event giving rise to the termination. Inclusion in such drawing shall be each entrant’s sole and exclusive remedy under such circumstances. Only the type and quantity of prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued in accordance with law by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor.

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Sponsor reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s) set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Sweepstakes.

GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION

ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ENTRANTS OR SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS.

ARBITRATION PROVISION

By participating in this Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees that:

(1) any claim, dispute, or controversy (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) the entrant may have against the Promotion Entities arising out of, relating to, or connected in any way with the Sweepstakes, the awarding or redemption of any prize and/or the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, will be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration administered by JAMS and conducted before a sole arbitrator in accordance with the rules of JAMS;

(2) this arbitration agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce, and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16;

(3) the arbitration shall be held in San Diego, California;

(4) the arbitrator’s decision shall be controlled by the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and any of the other agreements referenced herein that the applicable participant may have entered into in connection with the Sweepstakes;

(5) the arbitrator shall apply California law consistent with the FAA and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law;

(6) there shall be no authority for any claims to be arbitrated on a class or representative basis, arbitration can decide only the entrant’s and/or the applicable Promotion Entities’ individual claims; the arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated;

(7) the arbitrator shall not have the power to award punitive damages against the entrant or any Promotion Entity;

(8) in the event that the administrative fees and deposits that must be paid to initiate arbitration against any Promotion Entity exceed $125 USD, and the entrant is unable (or not required under the rules of JAMS) to pay any fees and deposits that exceed this amount, Sponsor agrees to pay them and/or forward them on the entrant’s behalf, subject to ultimate allocation by the arbitrator.

In addition, if entrant is able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, Sponsor will pay as much of entrant’s filing and hearing fees in connection with the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive; and

(9) with the exception of subpart (6) above, if any part of this arbitration provision is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, or otherwise conflicts with the rules of JAMS, then the balance of this arbitration provision shall remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the invalid, unenforceable, illegal or conflicting provision were not contained herein. If, however, subpart (6) is found to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, then the entirety of this Arbitration Provision shall be null and void, and neither entrant nor Sponsor shall be entitled to arbitrate their dispute.

For more information on JAMS and/or the rules of JAMS, visit their website at www.jamsadr.com.

WINNERS LISTS & OFFICIAL RULES

To obtain a copy of any legally-required winners list, click here to visit the Taylor Sweepstakes Winners page, or send a self- addressed stamped envelope to: “Taylor Guitars Promotions”, c/o Taylor Guitars, 1980 Gillespie Way, El Cajon, CA 92020. All such requests must be received within sixty (60) days after the end of the Promotion Period.

These Official Rules will be posted online during the Promotion Period.