JABB Contests
II. Guidelines Regarding Prizes
III. Prize Lists for Amazon.com Items
IV. Information Concerning Used Items
V. Information about Giving to Charity in Lieu of Prize
VII. The JABB Store
IX.
The "Find Mr. Beans" Contest
1. Each contest will have its own rules, depending on what type of game it is. These must be obeyed. However, the rules listed on this page apply to all contests.
2. No entries will be accepted after the deadline.
3. If you want to participate but do not want a prize, please inform Jenni when you send her your answers. In the event you win, the second-place winner will get the prize.
4. You realize that by choosing a
prize, you give Jenni permission to give your shipping address and full
name to Amazon.com should you choose a prize from there. If you choose
used prizes, you give her permission to give that information to a
used, non-Amazon seller. Should you choose a CafePress.com prize,
then you give Jenni permission to give your snail mail addy to them.
5. In the event of a tie with both people wanting a prize, a brief trivia quiz or similar type of game will be offered. Whoever wins that, wins the prize.
6. Send your answers only to Jenni. Do not send them to our Yahoogroup. Sending them to the group will lead to disqualification.
7. Only members of JABB are eligible
for the contests. If you would like to join JABB, please email Jenni.
8. Regardless of what list or store a
prize is chosen from, the total expense should never go above
$25. Thank you!
II. Guidelines Regarding Prizes
1. The total price between the
item(s) chosen *and* the shipping and handling for them should not
exceed $25. Handcrafted items from the JABB Store
have S&H figured into their prices all ready. For CafePress.com S&H
prices, see this page.
2. However, exceptions may be made for international winners. This will be dealt with on an individual basis.
3. You may be able to request prizes not on the provided Amazon.com lists. However, they must somehow be related to TBAA or John Dye in a substantial way. An example of something acceptable but not on the list would be “Dumb and Dumber” because it stars Charles Rocket. However, requesting some other Jim Carrey movie just because Mr. Rocket co-starred with him in that is not accepted.
4. Jenni has final say on any item being purchased. Please respect that but she will try to be open-minded.
III. Prize Lists for Amazon.com Items
List 4: More Books and Stationery
Items may go out of stock. In that event, you may have the option of
buying the item used. Additionally, sometimes items become expensive,
putting them over our $25 limit. Please ignore those. I
would just remove them from the lists but I'm kinda hoping the prices
will decrease. Some items
appear to no longer be available new from Amazon since I made these
lists so please be on the look out for those. I considered
removing them but opted not to in case they come back in stock.
IV. Information Concerning Used Items
Members are welcome to select used prizes as long as they are aware of a few things:
1. Used items are delivered from all over the world by various vendors via Amazon Marketplace. The items are not shipped by Amazon.com. This means your address will be given to a vendor that JABB may very well not have dealt with before. If this make you uncomfortable, we suggest you stick to the new items because those items are sent directly from Amazon.com.
2. If you live outside of the U.S., any used items you choose must have “International shipping available” listed in the Availability section.
3. The benefit of buying used is that you can get more. However, you cannot exceed $25. That includes shipping and handling. Shipping rates for Marketplace purchases can be found here. Winners who live outside the U.S. will be dealt with on an individual basis so that shipping fees don’t become impossibly high. This is in some ways unfair but even JABB co-founders have limits on their spending.
4. For all intents and purposes for us, there is no return policy for used items. If there’s a problem with a new item, I can get Amazon to fix it. Used sellers have a variety of policies and I cannot possibly master all of them so I will not even attempt it.
V. Information about Giving to Charity in Lieu of Prize
This option was mostly made available because I recognize that some people cannot give me their home addresses for any number of reasons. Instead, I will allow them to pick a charity and I will send that organization $25. I will then scan whatever “Thank you” note I get and email it to the winner who chose the charity. People can also choose to give to a charity if they just don’t want a prize. Here are some guidelines.
1. I will not think less highly of anyone because they chose a prize over charity. For all I know they’re giving half their income or more away already! It would be wrong for me to judge.
2. I
have a list of charities below that I am comfortable giving to.
However, I will consider others. Please respect, though, that I
may not accept your request. This is because, ultimately, it is
my money being used and I cannot in good conscience send money to a
charity I have moral qualms about. I also have to be comfortable
giving my financial information to them.
Basically these are ones that TBAA supported during its run and which I think are worthy.
Christian Solidarity International
Colin Powell's America's Promise
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Winners may also select items adding up to no more than $25 from the JABB store as their prize. You can visit the store at:
Contact Jenni if you
need the access info (user name and password) for the JABB Store.
VIII.
The JABB CafePress.com Store
This is my personal
favorite of the prize lists. Course, I'm biased having designed
the items. :-) Anyhow, you can choose from all sorts of
JABB and TBAA related goodies like buttons, shirts, mugs, and more
here. Shipping rates are here.
If you have further
questions, please email Jenni.