CONTEST DESCRIPTION: Entrants are asked to submit a photograph exhibiting a unique scene with you and your favorite bag. Entrants must include, along with the photograph and a completed entry form, the name of the bag, location, and a brief description of the photograph. The contest will run from November 1, 2002 to January 6, 2003 ("contest period"). At the end of the contest period, a winner will be selected from the nine (9) finalists. The grand prize winner will receive $1,000.00 Coupon Code and the eight (8) finalists will receive a $100.00 Coupon Code from eBags

ELIGIBILITY: No purchase is necessary. Void where prohibited. Contest is open to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older. Employees of eBags and its affiliates, as well as their immediate families and persons living in their households, are not eligible. All federal, state and local laws apply. All images submitted must be original photographs and all rights to such photographs must be the property of the entrant. Failure to comply with all rules and regulations of the contest may result in forfeiture of eligibility. Submission of an entry form or photograph is evidence of entrant's agreement with and acceptance of these rules and regulations.

HOW TO ENTER: eBags will select one (1) photograph each Monday during the contest period from all of the photographs received by 5:00 PM of the preceding Friday. Incomplete entries are not eligible. No responsibility is assumed for problems or technical malfunction of any telephone networks or lines, computer online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email entry to be received by eBags on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof. Entries become the property of eBags and will not be returned.

NOTIFICATION: The final winners will be selected on January 10, 2003 from all eligible submissions received prior to that date. The judging will be conducted by eBags, whose decisions are final. Selections will be based upon originality, creativity, marketability and outrageousness. Odds of winning are determined by the total number of entries received. Winners will be notified by mail or by email, and if such notification is undeliverable for any reason, the prize will be awarded to an alternate winner.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: By participating, entrants agree (a) to be bound by these rules and regulations; (b) that the decisions of eBags are final and binding in all respects; (c) that eBags shall not be responsible or liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting from participation in this contest, including, but not limited to, injuries and losses resulting directly or indirectly from the production of an entry photograph or from the fulfillment of the prize. Submission of a photograph constitutes permission (except where prohibited) to use the entrant's name, hometown and likeness, as well as each entry photograph, for purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity, without compensation. Prizes are not transferable. Winner is solely responsible for all taxes on prizes and for any costs or expenses relating to the acceptance and use of the prizes.

PUBLICATION: Submission of any photograph constitutes the grant to eBags of a non-exclusive, irrevocable right and to publicly use and display the photograph in print, electronic or other media for purposes of advertising, promotion or otherwise, without compensation of any kind. Copyrights remain with the entrants. Each entrant represents that he or she is at least 18 years old, the owner of all prints or images submitted, and that the submitted photographs are the original works of the entrant.

DISCLAIMER: eBags will not under any circumstances be responsible for, or liable to any entrant or any other person for, any of the following: an erroneous, lost, damaged, late, incomplete, misdirected, deleted, defective, or altered entry, regardless of cause; a failure or entrant to receive a prize notification; a change in entrant's contact information which arose after submission; or, damages, including any loss or use, loss of production, loss of profits (anticipated or otherwise), economic loss, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage or punitive damages, whether in contract, tort or under any other theory or law or equity, arising from, connected with, or relating to the contest or the submission of entries to the contest or participation in the contest or the fulfillment of contest prizes, or the use of our website, regardless of whether eBags was informed of the possibility for such damage or loss.

INDEMNITY: Each entrant shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless eBags and its affiliates, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, actions, judgments, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to: (1) failure of the entrant to fully abide by these contest rules, (2) any infringement or violation of any copyright or other intellectual property right of any third party by the entrant, (3) any libel, disparagement, invasion of privacy, or similar claims brought as a result of the entrant's actions, or (4) any personal injury or property damage caused by entrant, including injury or damage to him or herself or his or her own property. close window