PATREON AND MAIL GIVEAWAYS: Giveaway Rules for No Purchase Necessary Giveaways on Patreon, patreon.com/cherricopottery and via mail:
Giveaways are always no purchase necessary.
Please see the specific rules on each giveaway, linked directly in each giveaway when the giveaway is published and active on patreon.com/cherricopottery
If you are an international giveaway winner outside of the United States, then you are responsible for paying all Customs and Duties taxes in order to receive your pottery at your local post office or country border. You are also responsible for guaranteeing that you can receive your free pottery shipped to you, based on your country’s laws.
By submitting an entry to any giveaway, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Cherrico Pottery LLC, and that you satisfy all eligibility requirements.
Our Giveaways/Sweepstakes are open to all humans age 21 or older at time of entry. Residents of Taiwan, South Korea, Portugal, Italy, Austria, China, Russia, Hong Kong, Greece, France, Japan, Spain, and Czech Republic are not eligible to enter or win. Employees of Cherrico Pottery (the “Sponsor”), its respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, distributors, merchants involved with this Sweepstakes, and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win. Sweepstakes governed by United States law. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to enter or win. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning.
HOW TO ENTER:
To enter the Giveaway, you have two options:
1) Become a Cherrico Pottery Patron. All subscribers at patreon.com/cherricopottery are automatically entered into these types of “Patreon and Mail” giveaways.
2) Free entry: grab a sheet of paper and send us a letter, in the mail, that says, “Hello potter! I would like to enter your (insert giveaway name listed on the active giveaway in the patreon post at patreon.com/cherricopottery/posts ) giveaway please.” Write your name, date and email on the paper too. You must write the exact name of the current, active giveaway listed and currently active on patreon.com/cherricopottery/posts. Mail your letter to us:
Cherrico Pottery, LLC
PO Box 583
St. Joseph, MN 56374
United States
After we receive your handwritten letter, at our PO Box, within the allotted timeline stated by the giveaway, you will be entered into the giveaway. Entrants are responsible for their own postage. We are not responsible for potentially slow Post Office delivery times. We will always provide a minimum of 6 running contest days per giveaway.
All winners are chosen randomly. We simply enter all contestants into a spreadsheet, assign a number to each person, and use random.org to pick the winning number.
All entries must be received by the timeframe notified by each giveaway on the specific post at patreon.com/cherricopottery/posts. All entrants subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to Sponsor’s privacy policy at cherricopottery.com/privacy
PRIZES & APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES (“ARV”):
Maximum ARV of all prizes: notified in each giveaway by Cherrico Pottery. If winner is unable to receive the prize, then prize will be forfeited, and an alternate winner may be selected in accordance with these Official Rules from among the remaining eligible entries for that prize. Prizes may not be transferred or assigned except by Sponsor.
ODDS:
Odds of winning are random. The Sponsor Cherrico Pottery chooses the winner at random by assigning a number to every name of every contestant, then using random.org to pick a random number. The winner associated with the number gets the prize.
THE FOLLOWING APPLIES TO THE ABOVE:
Winners will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received. Random drawing will be conducted on or about the exact date the giveaway winners are said to be announced on the patreon.com/cherricopottery specific giveaway post, by a representative from the Sponsor whose decisions are final. Winners will be notified by email and/or mail and at the judges’ discretion, will be required to complete and return an email confirmation of prize acceptance and possibly a Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability and a Publicity Release (“Affidavit/Release”) within 7 days of notification, or an alternate winner will be selected. Prize awarded within 30 days after receipt and verification of completed Affidavit/Release or prize notification. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, or if Affidavit/Release is returned as undeliverable or if the selected winner cannot accept or receive the prize for any reason, or he/she is not in compliance with these Official Rules, the prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner. If a winner is otherwise eligible under these Official Rules, but is nevertheless deemed a minor in his or her state of primary residence, the prize will be awarded in the name of winner’s parent or legal guardian who will be required to execute affidavit on minor’s behalf. No substitutions are permitted except if prize is unavailable, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded. Prize is not redeemable for cash and non-assignable and non-transferable except to a surviving spouse. Winner is responsible for all federal, state, local sales and income taxes. Any other incidental expenses on prize not specified herein are the sole responsibility of winner. Entry and acceptance of prize constitute permission to use winner’s name, prize won, hometown and likeness for online posting and promotional purposes without further compensation, except where prohibited by law. Limit: one prize per household. Prize is guaranteed to be awarded. If Cherrico Pottery goes bankrupt or out of business then the year they go out of business is the last year of payment for the premium service. If Cherrico Pottery is acquired or merges, it’s the new owners discretion to keep paying for the premium service. If we go bankrupt or out of business then the last year they are in business will be the payment for the premium service. Cash value of the prize cannot be redeemed.
Participating entrants agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, and release, defend and hold harmless the Sponsor and its affiliated companies, and all other businesses involved in this Sweepstakes, as well as the employees, officers, directors and agents of each, from all claims and liability relating to their participation, acceptance and use or misuse of prize. Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damage caused or claimed to be caused, by participation in this Sweepstakes or use or redemption of prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of the prize.
Winner acknowledges the Sponsor and all other businesses concerned with this Sweepstakes and their agents do not make, nor are in any manner responsible for any warranty, representations, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relative the quality, conditions, fitness or merchantability of any aspect of prize.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of an online entrant, entry will be deemed submitted by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the patreon subscriber submitted at time of entry or the mailing address mailed to Cherrico Pottery. Authorized Account Holder means the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address of the patreon subscriber at patreon.com/cherricopottery, or physical address of the mailed entry, by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Entry materials/data that have been tampered with or altered, or mass entries or entries generated in any way, are void. The Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) lost, late, misdirected, damaged, illegible or incomplete entries; or (ii) error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry information by Sponsor on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof; or (iii) any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Sweepstakes. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you (i) agree to be bound by these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements, and (ii) agree to be bound by the decisions of Sponsor and the independent judging organization, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to permanently disqualify from any sweepstakes it sponsors any person it believes has intentionally violated these Official Rules and cancel the Sweepstakes if it becomes technically corrupted (including if a computer virus, bot or system malfunction inalterably impairs its ability to conduct the Sweepstakes or mailing anything to our PO Box address except the exact information requested to enter the giveaway), and to select winner from among all eligible entries received prior to withdrawal. Legal Warning: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN individual, whether or not an ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, destroy, tamper or vandalize this WEB SITE OR business or interfere with the OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS and SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES and diligently pursue all remedies against ANY SUCH individual TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
ARBITRATION:
This Sweepstakes shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of Minnesota, USA. without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. By participating, entrants agree that any and all disputes arising out of or relating in any way to this Sweepstakes shall be litigated only in courts sitting in Minnesota, U.S.A.
WINNERS LIST:
The personal information collected from each entrant in the course of the Sweepstakes will be used by Cherrico Pottery LLC for the purposes of administration of the Sweepstakes and as otherwise permitted in accordance with Cherrico Pottery’s Privacy Policy. Please see Cherrico Pottery’s Terms of Service for more information. Cherrico Pottery reserves the right to alter any rules of any sweepstakes at anytime.
Giveaway Rules for Kingsumo.com email entry giveaways
Giveaways are always no purchase necessary. We use “kingsumo.com” giveaway software for all giveaways unless otherwise noted. Please see the specific rules on each giveaway, linked directly in each giveaway when the giveaway is published and active.
If you are an international giveaway winner outside of the United States, then you are responsible for paying all Customs and Duties taxes in order to receive your pottery at your local post office or country boarder. You are also responsible for guaranteeing that you can receive your free pottery shipped to you, based on your country’s laws.
Please see more Terms and Conditions here: https://www.cherricopottery.com/terms-and-conditions/
Updated 9/28/22