SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK), in partnership with the Boston Red Sox, today announced John Kinzie from Jefferson Maryland as the Grand Prize winner of its "Ultimate Red Sox Experience" sweepstakes. The grand prize includes an all expenses paid trip for two to see the Red Sox play New York on October 2, 2010 in Fenway Park and the opportunity to post the numbers on the GREEN MONSTER scoreboard for one inning. The two other winners included Catherine Ladyzinski from New York and Karen Mignone from Massachusetts. Their prizes included everything but the opportunity to post the numbers on the GREEN MONSTER scoreboard for one inning.
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"I have been a Red Sox fan since 1973 but I can never get tickets," said Kinzie. "Now that I have won this prize my son and I can finally go to a game at Fenway."
As part of the sweepstakes, Overstock.com produced a webisode series that followed a job swap between Overstock.com senior vice president of Marketing and Customer Care, Stormy Simon and the vice president of the Red Sox Nation, "Regular" Rob Crawford. Overstock.com and Red Sox Nation released new webisodes every Monday during the sweepstakes. These episodes were available on both the Overstock.com and the team website Redsox.com. To view the webisode, visit www.overstock.com/redsox.
"Being partners with the Red Sox was a great experience," said Simon, Overstock.com Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Care. "We are glad that Mr. Kinzie and his son are able to share the ultimate Red Sox experience at baseball's oldest field. We were also excited about the response to the webisodes. They were a great way to integrate what both Overstock.com and the Red Sox have to offer."
About Overstock.com
Overstock.com, Inc. is an online retailer offering brand-name merchandise at discount prices. The company offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory distribution channel. Overstock.com, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market System and can be found online at http://www.overstock.com. Overstock.com regularly posts information about the company and other related matters on its website under the heading "Investor Relations."
Overstock.com® is a registered trademark of Overstock.com, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the sweepstakes timing and prizes and the release of the web series. Our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, or any amendments thereto, and our other subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission identify important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections, estimates or forward-looking statements.
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