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UPS "WHAT'S YOUR STORY" PROMOTION OFFICIAL RULES

HOW HAS YOUR SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITED FROM UPS SERVICES AND HOW HAS UPS HELPED YOUR SMALL BUSINESS GET AHEAD?

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN
The UPS "What's Your Story" Promotion (the "Promotion") is sponsored by United Parcel Service General Services Co., 55 Glenlake Parkway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30328 ("Sponsor"). By participating, entrant agrees to the official rules. The Promotion is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law.

ELIGIBILITY
The Promotion is open to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia, eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, who have a valid UPS shipping account number. Employees, officers and directors of Sponsor and eBay, Inc., and their agents, consultants, and immediate families (defined as parents, spouses, children, siblings and grandparents) are not eligible to win. Sponsor reserves the right to verify eligibility.

HOW TO ENTER
To enter, e-mail an entry between November 16, 2004 - December 20, 2004 ("the Promotion Period") with a "What's Your Story" essay of not more than 1000 words discussing "how your small business benefits from UPS services and how UPS has helped your small business get ahead" to ebaystory@ups.com along with complete contact information, including name, company name, address (no P.O. Boxes please), age, phone number, e-mail address, and UPS shipping account number. LIMIT ONE (1) ENTRY PER UPS SHIPPING ACCOUNT NUMBER.

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
No faxed, mailed (other than e-mail) or telephoned-in entries will be accepted. Entries must be in English. All components of the entry must be entrant's own original creation, executed solely by entrant and based on facts and circumstances that are true and accurate, and should not defame, degrade, or invade the rights of privacy of any person, living or deceased.

All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be returned or treated as confidential, and each entrant assigns to Sponsor all right, title and interest to the entry, including, without limitation, all intellectual property and other proprietary rights without expectation of compensation or acknowledgment. Receipt of entries will not be acknowledged, and proof of submission of an entry will not be deemed proof of receipt. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, invalid, unintelligible, incomplete, garbled, or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified.

In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized UPS shipping account holder used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant

PRIZES
Ten (10) Prizes: Each prize is $500 credit to use toward shipping with UPS. UPS will apply a credit of $500 to the UPS shipping account number of each confirmed winner. In order to access this credit, the winner must ship with UPS and bill shipping charges against the winner's UPS shipping account number. There is a limit of one prize per UPS shipping account number.

WINNER SELECTION
Eligible entries will be judged by a panel chosen by Sponsor, in Sponsor's sole discretion. The judges will evaluate each eligible entry based on the following criteria: Entrant's description of the usage of UPS technology solutions and UPS services to improve the way entrant manages his/her eBay transactions, Entrant's UPS shipping activity, and Entrant's discussion of interaction with UPS personnel. The judges will select ten (10) potential winners from among all eligible entries who submit the best "What's Your Story?" essay as determined by our panel of judges. UPS reserves the right to verify the accuracy of information provided in the entry. The judges' decisions are final.

Each potential winner will be notified via telephone, e-mail or mail within sixty (60) days following the conclusion of the Promotional Period. UPS will apply a credit of $500 to the UPS shipping account number of each confirmed winner to be accessed as provided in these Official Rules. Potential winner must sign and return to UPS any Affidavits of Eligibility or Release forms requested by UPS. If a potential winner fails to comply with these official rules, that potential winner will be disqualified. If the selected potential winner cannot be contacted within two weeks, an alternative potential winner will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. All taxes and expenses not expressly listed as part of the prize, are the winner's sole responsibility.

ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS
Prizes are non-transferable. No substitution or cash equivalent of prizes is permitted, except in UPS's sole discretion. Sponsor and its affiliates and agencies are not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Promotion, including, but not limited to, errors in the printing or posting of the offer or official rules, the selection and announcement of any winner, or the distribution of any prize. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or amend the Promotion at any time and for any reason without notice. All prizes may not be awarded if less than ten eligible entries are received.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
BY ACCEPTING A PRIZE, EACH WINNER AGREES TO RELEASE SPONSOR, ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, VENDORS, AGENCIES, SUPPLIERS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS FROM ANY LIABILITY, DAMAGES, LOSSES OR INJURY RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTION OR ACCEPTANCE OF A PRIZE.

PUBLICITY
By participating, each entrant grants Sponsor permission to use his/her name, business name, comments and story for publicity purposes, except where prohibited by law, without payment of additional consideration or acknowledgement. Winners' essays may be published, broadcast, or otherwise posted or displayed by UPS, in UPS's sole discretion. UPS reserves the right to modify, or edit the essay for content, brevity, clarity, spelling, grammar, or any other reason, as well as decline to post or publish an essay.

USE OF INFORMATION
By participating in the Promotion, entrant understands that UPS may use entrant's information (including e-mail address) for marketing purposes and to provide entrant with information about UPS products, services and special offers. Entrant expressly consents to UPS's use of entrant's information for such purposes.

WHO WON
The names of each winner of the Promotion will be posted at https://pages.ebay.com/ups/shippingpromo.html from March 1, 2005 - March 31, 2005.

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