I am bumping this back up to the top as a reminder to get your entry in the mail. The second chance drawing is coming up at the end of the month and there is a good chance you will win if you mail in some entries.
Eligibility: open to individual legal residents of the United States (including Puerto Rico and U.S. territories and possessions), age 13 or older as of 6/1/09
Entry Dates: Begins 6/1/09 and ends on 12/31/09.
Game Piece Needed: An official game piece is required to play. Game Pieces are available on the inside of specially-marked packages of SKITTLES® Brand and STARBURST® Brand products. For a free Game Piece (while supplies last) and/or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Summer FUNds Free Game Piece Requests
PO Box 9227
Medford, NY 11763-9227
(VT residents may omit return postage.) Game Piece requests must be received by 12/17/09. Limit: one Game Piece request per outer envelope.
Prizes:
- 54 Grand Prizes: A $250 prepaid smartOne Visa Gift Card
- 1,000 First Prizes: A $100 prepaid smartOne Visa Gift Card
- 16,860 Second Prizes: A $50 prepaid smartOne Visa Gift Card
- 2,435,816 Third Prizes: A coupon redeemable for one (1) single-size package of SKITTLES Bite Size Candies, STARBURST® Fruit Chews or STARBURST GUMMIBURSTS Liquid Filled Gummies; ARV: $0.99 each
Prize Limit: AGGREGATE VALUE OF ALL PRIZES RECEIVED CANNOT EQUAL OR EXCEED $600 PER PERSON. The $599.99 per person prize limit for this Game/Sweepstakes will be reduced by the retail value (as determined by Sponsor) of all prizes received from Sponsor as a result of participation in this or any other promotion sponsored by Sponsor during 2009. If Sponsor discovers that any prize(s) won in this Game/Sweepstakes would cause any person to exceed the $599.99 limit, such prize(s) will not be awarded and no partial payment of any such prize will be awarded.
Instant Win Claims: To claim your Grand, First or Second Prize, visit www.skittles.com or www.starburst.com, complete the claim form and enter the official winning code printed on your Game Piece. ALL PRIZE CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59:59 AM (ET) ON 12/31/09. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of Grand, First and Second prizes. Unclaimed Grand, First and Second Prizes will be awarded in the Second Chance Sweepstakes
Second Chance Sweepstakes: Grand, First and Second Prizes not claimed by 11:59:59 AM (ET) on 12/31/09 will be awarded in the Second Chance Sweepstakes, assuming a sufficient number of eligible entries.
To enter the Second Chance Sweepstakes, print your name, address and telephone number and age on a 3″ x 5″ piece of paper and mail to:
Summer FUNds Second Chance Sweepstakes
PO Box 9239
Medford, NY 11763-9239
All sweepstakes entries must be received by 12/31/09. Winners will be determined from all eligible entries received in a random drawing to be conducted on or about 1/21/10.
Official rules: www.havemorefunds.com/rules
Sweeps Rating: Sweeties Pick/Winnable – over 2 million prizes; you can win by buying the candy or sending away for a codes; you get another chance to win from the second chance sweepstakes which is probably more winnable than the original game; almost everyone who enters should win. Personally, I am saving my entries for the second chance drawing because I have a feeling that most people won’t want to spend a stamp to get a code that might or might not win instantly.
Photo credit: Starburst and Skittles Summer Funds Instant Win Game
Questions? Call 1-888-273-4739 or visit www.havemorefunds.com
Sent in by: Breezy
****FYI****
Postal services does not accept 3×5 index cards. Their minimum is 31/2x 5.
I've had over a dozen get returned already
JB,
Where are you seeing 3×5 index card in the rules? To send away for the code they want you to send a self addressed stamped envelope. That means addressing an envelope to yourself and putting a stamp on it and putting it another envelope and addressing that to the address giving and mailing it.
For the second chance they say 3×5 paper.
Cards and papers NEVER get sent through the mail by themselves. They always go in an envelope.
You are correct that a 3×5 card cannot go through the mail system because it is too small.
Is the second chance unlimited entry? I don't see a limit listed, but maybe I'm not looking in the right place…
Stephanie,
I believe the Second Chance is unlimited because I don't see a limit specified in the rules.
Good luck,
Wendy
I bought 8 packs of Starburst today and every pack said "Sorry you did not win. Please try again." My kids and I were bummed, but we have a nice bowl of Starbursts we are munching on…
Bought 10 skittles all losers. I am bummed
I bought 10 more packs of Starburst, no winners.
So can we start entering the Second Chance Sweep now?
Yes, you can enter the Second Chance at anytime. It doesn't end though until December so you might want to space out your entries.
Bought 1 pack, and won… but what do I do with the third place winning coupon(that is redeemed for a free pack of skittles,etc.)? Do I send it somewhere?
I won and took the coupon to the grocery store and got my free Skittles.
Ok, so I just bought 13 packages of Starburst, and none of them were winners!!
Ive bought 4 packs of orange skittles 4 packs of red and one starburst .No luck so dissapoointing.I dont care for skittles that much but the orange crazy cores are actually pretty good .Ill try for more later .
My son bought a pack (skittles) aug 7th his birthday and one a free pack.
This game sucks… I tried to win both ways several times with no luck. 🙁
I agree its not a good game Ive bought about 15 packs of skittles and nothing .Very dissappointing.
I bought 1 pack today and won! 🙂 just a free bag though.
I am really confused with this contest, is it just an instant win? or is it a sweepstakes too? if it is, I dont see how to enter and ive read over every thing like 4 times lol >.<
where is the "game piece" on the wrapper?
Thanks.
My son won a $50 debit card on 8/3/09. We entered code, received e-mail confirmation, waited 6-8 weeks. Not on winners list – no $50 winners yet. Did not recieve card. Called company – no returned call. Called again spoke to supervisor, Wrigley Company can't help, just wait….I SAY SCAM!!! Boycott Wrigley for Halloween!!!
Sweetie –
Now I know for the Instant Win portion it's only 1 game piece per envelope. However, what about the Second Chance drawing? May we put multiple enties in an envelope? I don't recall seeing anything about that in the rules.
BreeB
Unless a sweepstakes specifically says that you can put multiple entries into one envelope the standard is ALWAYS one entry per envelope.
Thank-you! :o)
BreeB
Curious, why do they want to know your age?
Never seen this request in a sweepstakes before.
I really don't know why a sweepstakes would want an age unless it is to verify you meet the age limit or they are gathering statistical information about age groups that enter their sweepstakes but it is definitely a standard request. I have often had to add my age and/or date of birth to a sweepstakes entry. I just filled out some last night that required it.
I have sent a lot of entries for the second chance, I don't think a lot of people know about this sweepstakes because I couldn't find alot of information about it on other sites.
Thanks
How many entries are good enough to send and win something?