Giveaway Terms

  1. Entry: You must be 21 years of age or older to be eligible for the Product Giveaway Contest. The Giveaway Contest will be periodic and announced on the Secrets of Home Theater and HiFi (SECRETS) Homepage. The giveaway contest entry period for each giveaway contest will be specified at the time of announcement. Entry is by submitting an entry, as described on the Product Giveaway page.
  2. Winner Selection: Winners will be selected by random drawing from the eligible entries. All giveaway entries, that comply with the requirements, will be eligible for the random drawing. The winner will be notified by e-mail, to the e-mail address provided on the entry, within 2 days of selection. Two attempts will be made to contact the winner, after which, if the winner is unreachable after 5 days, an alternate winner will be selected. Winners must provide mailing information to a US or Canadian address to claim the prize and will be responsible for all shipping charges and customs.
  3. Giveaway Contest Prizes: The Giveaway Contest Prize will be described on the Giveaway Contest page at www.hometheaterhifi.com , at the time of the giveaway contest announcement.
  4. Eligibility: The Giveaway Contest is open to legal residents of the United States and Canada, who are 21 years or older at the time of entry. The Contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law. Employees of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity and its affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies and prize suppliers and the immediate family members (including those living in the same household) of each such employee are not eligible.
  5. General Conditions: Contest entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by the decisions of the judging organization which are final on all matters pertaining to Contest. This Contest is governed by the laws of the United States. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply and all entries must comply therewith. All taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.
    Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity to obtain winners name and address for purposes of shipping the prize to winner and to publish winner’s proper name as a winner on the SECRETS website without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. Each entrant agrees that Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity may use the information disclosed by entrant, subject to Secrets’ then-current privacy policy, for any commercial purpose, including the delivery of promotional emails. By entering, each and every entrant releases and holds harmless each of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, including but not limited to personal injury or tangible or intangible property damage, arising from or in connection with the Contest or any prize won. Each entrant is subject to and agrees to be bound by all restrictions, conditions and limitations set forth herein.
  6. Conduct: By entering this Contest, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules. The Official Rules will be posted at the Contest Site throughout the Contest. Entrants further agree to be bound by the decisions of the judging organization, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or Contest Site, acting in violation of the Official Rules or acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CONTEST SITE, OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SECRETS OF HOME THEATER AND HIGH FIDELITY, INC. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
  7. Limitations of Liability: Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity will not be responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Contest Site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Contest. With respect to the Contest and any and all entries therein, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity does not assume any responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure or any theft or destruction of, unauthorized access to or alteration of entries. With respect to the Contest and any and all entries therein, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity will not be responsible for any problems, technical malfunction or failure of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software or email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to entries, entrants or any other person or to any entrant’s or other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by any computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest.
  8. This Contest is sponsored by Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity Inc., Redwood City, CA.
  9. © 2016. Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity and related marks are trademarks of Scientific Design and Information, Inc. dba Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, Inc.
  10. EXCLUDING ONLY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURERS’ WARRANTIES, THE PRIZES ARE PROVIDED TO WINNERS “AS IS” WITHOUT FURTHER WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. SECRETS OF HOME THEATER AND HIGH FIDELITY DISCLAIMS ALL FURTHER WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIZES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRETS OF HOME THEATER AND HIGH FIDELITY BE RESPONSIBLE HEREUNDER FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES INCURRED BY ANY ENTRANT OR ANY THIRD PARTY EVEN IF SECRETS OF HOME THEATER AND HIGH FIDELITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.