Contest Rules and Regulations

TexasLasikContest.com is owned and operated by Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center– South / Central Texas' forefront LASIK eye surgery center, featuring highly regarded surgeons, the advanced technologies they employ, and their impressive record of successful results. For over 20 years, the accomplished refractive and cataract specialists at Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center have been at the cutting-edge of vision correction. The Mann Eye Institute's unwavering commitment to personalized patient care, advanced surgical expertise and outstanding results have merited the practice a reputation for excellence in eye care. Thousands of patients from all over the country have trusted their vision to our dedicated team of skilled professionals.

Mann Eye LASIK Contest Rules:

Mann Eye Institute and its affiliates reserve the right to extend the final submission date of the contest, as well as (but not limited to) general and fundamental changes and amendments to the contest rules in complete or partial form.

Participants must be over the age of 18 and determined a candidate for the IntraLASIK procedure by Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center. If you are submitting a video for a friend or family member (anyone other than yourself), you must be over the age of 18 to submit a video for them. Further, contestants must be U.S. citizens living in the Houston, Austin or surrounding areas of Texas to be eligible for the contest.

The Mann Eye LASIK Contest will feature a selection of judges to choose their favorite videos from the submissions, which will then be considered "Finalists". Finalist submissions will be displayed on the TexasLasikContest.com website where voting (up to once per day, per household / IP address) is open to the public. One Houston contestant's video and one Austin contestant's video will be chosen as winners for the TexasLasikContest.com contest to receive free LASIK from Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center. Winners must be eligible for LASIK in order to accept the prize, and Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center reserves the right to refuse LASIK treatment to the winner if they do not qualify.

The grand prize voting session of the Mann Eye LASIK Contest by the public will count as a percentage of the final vote for choosing the grand prize winners. Ultimately, Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center reserves the right to make the final selection of the two Grand Prize winners during the public voting process.

The grand prize of free bilateral Blade-Free LASIK, depending on qualification for the procedure by the winner, will result in free pre-operative tests, the actual LASIK procedure on BOTH eyes, and any necessary post-operative follow-ups / check-ups following the procedure (this includes typical and customary LASIK follow-ups for up to one (1) year after the procedure is performed).

Contestants MUST submit video content that is appropriate for family viewing, and may not contain profanity, nudity, references to illegal drugs/activity, destruction/defacement of private or public property, or any other depiction that may be interpreted as an offensive act or exhibition. Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center reserves the right to disqualify and remove submissions that are inappropriate in nature. Additionally, video and audio content used in the contestant submissions MUST NOT contain copyrighted material, or material that they do not have permission to use.

By submitting video entries, contestants relinquish ownership rights of all content featured in the video. Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center will consider all material submitted as property of Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center, and may use these videos in any way that it chooses.

Contestants may enter only ONE video to qualify, and may not enter multiple videos (in either or both markets - i.e. Houston AND Austin markets). Contestants MAY enter a video for another person (such as a friend or family member), but may not enter a video for both themselves and another person separately. Similarly, contestants may only enter a video for a SINGLE contestant (not as a multi-contestant submission).

The grand prize of FREE LASIK at Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center is not valid on (or in conjunction with) any other procedure, treatment or vision correction outside of the LASIK procedure. This includes the exclusion of ICL, IOL and Cataract procedures that are also available at Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center.

The Mann Eye LASIK Contest expires on October 30, 2009, and all contestants must enter their videos on or before that date to be eligible for the Grand Prize of FREE bilateral Blade-Free LASIK from Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center.

** NOTE ** - Due to the change in the contest entry deadline, all contestants who have successfully submitted their contest video between the dates of September 1, 2009, and October 5, 2009, may re-submit their contest video ONCE to take the place of their previous video. These contestants must delete their first video entry from their YouTube channel in an effort to thwart confusion amongst contest submissions or any other situation that may arise from multiple video entries.

Registration Terms and Conditions:

By registering with TexasLasikContest.com, contestants agree to receiving promotional material from Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center and its related affiliates. Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center will not sell, lease or distribute your contact information to any outside parties unaffiliated with Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center, and will use your contact information for the sole-purpose of offering special promotions and incentives from Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center, as well as important contestant notifications from the Mann Eye LASIK Contest.

Registrants have an opportunity with each email to unsubscribe from our contact listings if they decide to discontinue contact from Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center and it's affiliated partners in vision correction.

Finalist Selection

The Mann Eye Win FREE LASIK Contest is to select a pre-determined number of "Finalists" to display on the website, which will be displayed as an even number of Finalists between Houston and Austin markets, regardless of the amount of videos submitted in each market. The Finalists have until November 25th 2009 at 6:00pm CST to get their friends, family and coworkers to vote. See voting terms and conditions below:

Finalist Voting Terms and Conditions:

The Mann Eye Win FREE LASIK Contest requires users to submit only one vote per day, per IP address. This is in an effort to curb abuse of the voting system and any other malicious activity in attempt to tamper with voting results. Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center reserves the right and ability to disqualify any video finalist who is suspected of deliberately attempting to gain an unfair advantage over other contestants, including (but not limited to) inflating their own voting results themselves or through a 3rd party (friend, family member, etc.). This is especially the case with videos that have been voted on from the same IP address a large number of times, but smaller inflation attempts are also subject to review.

If there are any questions or concerns about the Mann Eye LASIK Contest or its registration terms and conditions that are unclear, call 1-800-MY-VISION. Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center will not be responsible for clarification problems if any dispute is not completely resolved by the involved participant or parties if they in fact do not clarify with a Mann Eye Institute and Laser Center representative.