Kreg Owners' Community Giveaway: You could WIN a Precision Benchtop Router Table!

[KregRep]

CONTEST CLOSED: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 11:59pm U.S. Central Time.

The selected winner is Nick M. You may view his entry here.

Thank you everyone, for your genuine entries and interest in this giveaway!
We hope to host more in the future!

That's right! We are giving away a Precision Benchtop Router Table!

For your chance to win, you will need to start a new discussion within the forums. If you don't know how to start a discussion, we have included instructions below. Each community member may enter the giveaway once; multiple entries are not allowed.

The discussion you start needs to be about one of the following subjects:

•  Tell us what you like the most, or least, about your project workspace, and why.
• Create a list with a couple of your top tips for building projects.
• What is your favorite project that you built with Kreg tools? Tell us the story behind it. Feel free to include pictures, if you have some.
• Tell us about a project you'd really like to build, and how owning a Precision Benchtop Router Table would help make it possible.

Once you've selected a subject, this is how you start a discussion to post your answer:
1. Make sure that you are logged in. You must be a member of the community to start a discussion. From the community's main page, click on the navigation-bar tab that says Discussion Forums. After clicking, on the top left side of the page, you will see a button that says +Add. Click on that button to start your discussion.


2. This will take you to the page that lets you create a new discussion. First, give your discussion a title. The more specific and detailed, the better. A good title would be: My Current Shop Setup and Dream Shop Upgrades. If you want to add images, simply click on the photo icon highlighted below:

3. When you are finished writing, scroll down. This is where you can edit the category and details of your discussion. Start by selecting Community-Specific as the category. You can add tags (keywords) that relate to your discussion topic (i.e. tips, woodworking, etc.) and attach files (images, videos, etc.) here. But if you have images to include, we recommend uploading them by clicking on the photo icon pictured above. That way, they will display within your discussion post.

You can preview your discussion by clicking on the Preview button. Once you're happy with your post, hit the button that says Add Discussion. And that's it! Your discussion post is now live, which means you have successfully entered to win a Kreg Precision Benchtop Router Table! Good luck, and thank you for entering the giveaway!

Please Note: Contest ends at 11:59pm U.S. Central Time on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.

*Router not included. System Includes: Precision Benchtop Router Table top, insert plate with Level-Loc rings, plate levelers, aluminum fence with dust-collection port, bit guard, jointing rods, assembly hardware, and a complete Owners' Manual.
Learn more about the Precision Benchtop Router Table on our website.


OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES:

Void outside the 48 Contiguous United States, District of Columbia, and where prohibited. Do not proceed to enter if you are not at least 18 years of age and a legal resident of, and located within, one of the 48 Contiguous United States, or the District of Columbia, at the time of entry. By participating, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are binding and final in all matters relating to this sweepstakes. This sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Ning, Inc. ("Ning") or Facebook. By entering this sweepstakes, you understand that you are providing your information to sponsor not Ning.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The September Kreg Owners’ Community Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes") begins at 10:01 a.m. Central Time ("CT") on 09/16/14 and ends at 11:59 p.m. CT on 09/23/14 ("Sweepstakes Period").

SPONSOR: Kreg Tool Company, 201 Campus Drive, Huxley, Iowa ("Sponsor").

HOW TO ENTER:

During the Sweepstakes Period, go to the Kreg Owners’ Community at kregjig.ning.com, click on the Discussion Forums tab and create a discussion based on the instructions to enter within the ‘Learn how to WIN a Precision Benchtop Router Table!’ discussion post.  You need to login or create an account to be able to create a discussion.  There is no cost to enter. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means or practices, or by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. All Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. CT on 09/23/14 to be eligible.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Entries may not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, any content that:

- is sexually explicit or suggestive; unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;

- promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; 

- promotes any particular political agenda or message;

- is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group; 

- defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about other people or companies;

- contains trademarks, logos, or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others, except for Kreg Tool Company elements which may only be used for this Sweepstakes in accordance with these Official Rules);

- contains any personal identification, such as personal names or e-mail addresses;

- contains copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media), except for Kreg Tool Company elements which may only be used for this Sweepstakes in accordance with these Official Rules);

- contains materials embodying the names, likenesses, voices, or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead, without permission;

- contains any individual other than the entrant, without permission;

- communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or good will to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and/or

- violates any law.

Entry must be the original work of the entrant, may not have been previously published, may not have won previous awards, and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant, and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules, including, without limitation, name and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any entrant at any time. Failure to provide such proof may, if requested, render Entry null and void. By submitting an Entry, entrant warrants and represents that he/she and any persons appearing or who are identifiable in the Entry consent to the submission and use of the Entry in the Sweepstakes and to its use as otherwise set forth herein.

By submitting an Entry, entrant hereby grants permission for the Entry to be posted on Kreg Tool Company’s Sponsor websites or social media pages. Entrant agrees that Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties. Released Parties do not guarantee the posting of any Entry and reserve the right to remove any posted Entry for any reason and at any time. 

By submitting your Entry, you agree that your Entry conforms to these Official Rules and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify your Entry for any reason, including if it determines, in its sole discretion, that your Entry fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.

LIMIT: One (1) Entry per person and per kregjig.ning.com community email address/username throughout the Sweepstakes Period. Entries received from any person in excess of the stated limitation will be void.

ELIGIBILITY: This Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 48 Contiguous United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older, who are a member of the kregjig.ning.com community. Employees of Sponsor and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective parents, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members (regardless of where they reside) or household members, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. "Immediate family members" shall mean spouses, parents, step-parents, children, step-children, siblings, step-siblings, and their respective spouses. "Household members" shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year.

WINNER SELECTION/DRAWING: On or about 9/30/14, Sponsor will conduct a random drawing from among all eligible Entries received and combined throughout the Sweepstakes Period to select one (1) potential winner. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible Entries received.

WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winner will be notified via a message on kregjig.ning.com or notified by email provided.  Each potential winner will be required to send an email including his/her full name and mailing address to the Sponsor via the designated email address within twenty-four (24) hours of notification. Potential winner may be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, IRS W9 form, and Release of Liability/Publicity within three (3) days of date of notification or an alternate winner may be selected in a random drawing from among all remaining eligible Entries. If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor is unable to contact potential winner or potential winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, an alternate winner may be selected.

PRIZE (1): A Precision Benchtop Router Table; Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") is $229.99. Prize is awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer prize or redeem prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. Winner is responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes, if any, as well as any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided. Gift card is subject to certain terms and conditions as specified by issuer. The awarding of the prize is contingent upon full compliance with these Official Rules. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. 

PRIVACY: When you enter the Sweepstakes, we may collect personally identifying information about you, including your name and email address. Your information will not be sold or rented to third parties. Incomplete Entries are void. For more information about how Sponsor uses the information you provide, see Sponsor's privacy policy at www.kregtool.com. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THIS SWEEPSTAKES.

LICENSE FOR USE OF ENTRIES: By submitting an Entry, each entrant grants, and represents and warrants that the entrant has the rights and authority necessary to grant, Sponsor an irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully sublicensable license and right to exploit, edit, modify, and distribute the Entry and all elements of such Entry, including, without limitation, the photo, hashtags or comments and/or the likenesses of any locations embodied therein, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide, in perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to entrant or any third party.

ARBITRATION: Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Sweepstakes, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or the prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at a AAA regional office in New York, NY; (2) the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and (3) judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages including attorney's fees or any other damages, other than for entrant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with participating in this Sweepstakes), and entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

RELEASES: By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree to release Sponsor, Ning, and any other organizations affiliated with the sponsorship, fulfillment, administration, prize support, advertisement or promotion of the Sweepstakes and each of their respective parents, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees, as well as each of their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all actions, claims, injury, loss or damage arising in any manner, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from participation in this Sweepstakes and/or acceptance, use or misuse of the prize.

OTHER: Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, damaged, inaccurate, stolen, undelivered, garbled or misdirected Entries, emails, photos or hashtags; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of Entries, emails, photos or hashtags, the announcement of the prize, or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to entrants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation of the web site or otherwise in violation of these Official Rules. Sponsor further reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate or modify this Sweepstakes if the Sweepstakes is compromised by virus, technical corruption, non-authorized human intervention, or any other causes which, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, proper play or integrity of the Sweepstakes. In the event of cancellation or termination, Sponsor reserves the right to select the potential winner in a random drawing from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received and combined prior to date of cancellation or termination. In the event of a dispute regarding online entry, Entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account associated with the Entry and he/she must comply with these Official Rules. The authorized account holder is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use each entrant's name, hometown (city and state), voice, biographical information, likeness, photograph and any statements regarding this Sweepstakes in all media now known or hereafter discovered, for any purpose, including without limitation, in connection with, and to promote, market or advertise, the Sweepstakes, in whole or in part, without review, approval, credit or attribution, notification or payment from or to entrant or any person or entity, worldwide, in perpetuity, or on a winner's list, if applicable. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable U. S. federal, state and local laws and regulations. Winner may be issued an IRS 1099 tax form in the amount of the prize retail value as stated herein.

WINNERS’ NAMES: Winner name will be announced on the kregjig.ning.com community by October 15, 2014. Winner name (Nick M.) was announced October 1 ,2014.

[KregRep]

Hi Natalie. You must enter the giveaway by posting an appropriate discussion on your own accord. We cannot create an entry for you. Please follow these instructions to enter: http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/win-a-precision-benchtop-route.... The instructions are also spelled out at the top of this page. Thanks.
Natalie said:

Please, please and please enter me in the router table drawing. I desperately need one. Thanks

[KregRep]

Hi Jerry. You must enter the giveaway by posting an appropriate discussion on your own accord. We cannot create an entry for you. Please follow these instructions to enter: http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/win-a-precision-benchtop-route.... The instructions are also spelled out at the top of this page. Thanks.
Jerry Brown said:

Please enter me for the router table drawing

[KregRep]

Hi Teddy. You must enter the giveaway by posting an appropriate discussion on your own accord. We cannot create an entry for you. Please follow these instructions to enter: http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/win-a-precision-benchtop-route.... The instructions are also spelled out at the top of this page. Thanks.
Teddy Knotts said:

sign me up for router table drawing

[KregRep]

Hi Joe. You must enter the giveaway by posting an appropriate discussion on your own accord. We cannot create an entry for you. Please follow these instructions to enter: http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/win-a-precision-benchtop-route.... The instructions are also spelled out at the top of this page. Thanks.
Joe Qureshi said:

Please enter me for the router table drawing

[KregRep]

Hi J.R.  You must enter the giveaway by posting an appropriate discussion on your own accord. We cannot create an entry for you. Please follow these instructions to enter: http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/win-a-precision-benchtop-route.... The instructions are also spelled out at the top of this page. Thanks.
J R Palmer said:

Please enter me for the router table drawing

[KregRep]

Hi Daniel. You must enter the giveaway by posting an appropriate discussion on your own accord. We cannot create an entry for you. Please follow these instructions to enter: http://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/win-a-precision-benchtop-route.... The instructions are also spelled out at the top of this page. Thanks.
Daniel Batoha said:

Please enter me for the router table drawing

Dan B

[KregRep]

Hi Jim. How is this system prohibiting your entry? Details, screenshots, etc. would be helpful. You must be logged in to create a discussion, so first make sure that you are logged in. Once you've successfully logged in, follow the instructions spelled out at the top of this page. If you are still unable to enter, please message us directly. Thanks.
Jim Komar said:

It would be so nice to have the opportunity to Enter the Sweeps. Your system prohibits any movement toward that. This has happened before and I just gave up. Fix the bug so we all can enter.

[KregRep]

When conducting contests like this one, we're bound by sweepstakes laws and regulations. The laws in the U.S. are very restrictive. The laws in Canada and other countries are very restrictive, as well, especially for foreign companies wanting to conduct contests there.

[Raymond Stadig]

Enter me in router table table drawing

Ray S

[Steve Habodasz]

Please enter me in the router table drawing,

[Mark Henley]

If you'll notice Darcy the eligibility requirements are only for the 48 contiguous states & Wash, DC. Hawaii & Alaska are excluded like our friends up north. It probably has to do with something as simple as shipping. My company does a lot of biz with customers in Canada and we find it, let's just say a bit complicated when we have to ship to Canada. One would think that NAFTA eliminated this, but in fact I'm told there is more red tape and paperwork involved. I guess thats why a lot of companies have separate entities in Canada & vise versa. 
Darcy Moen said:

So why the 'only in USA' restriction for contest entries? My Canadian dollar is good enough to buy your product, why is my Canadian Citizenship and residency not good enough for the contest?

[Darcy Moen]

Mark,

 I am a small business owner who manufactures products. I worked with my border broker to learn how to make shipping internationally as easy as possible for us, and also was set up with my NAFTA number which makes shipping under NAFTA much easier. Its not that big of a hurdle to clear. Its likely more the expense of shipping that might be an issue, but that raises another thought.....nothing hurts a reputation more than looking cheap in your give aways and contests. It really makes no sense to alienate your customers by giving to some (those who can enter the draw) versus those who are excluded. It certainly makes me re-think my loyalties and purchases.

Mark Henley said:

If you'll notice Darcy the eligibility requirements are only for the 48 contiguous states & Wash, DC. Hawaii & Alaska are excluded like our friends up north. It probably has to do with something as simple as shipping. My company does a lot of biz with customers in Canada and we find it, let's just say a bit complicated when we have to ship to Canada. One would think that NAFTA eliminated this, but in fact I'm told there is more red tape and paperwork involved. I guess thats why a lot of companies have separate entities in Canada & vise versa.