Any official rules?
There are always official rules ;). Here are ours.
Rules & Regulations
These Rules & Regulations (the "Rules") govern the contest (the "Contest") running on www.canpages.ca and www.gigpark.com (the "Sites"). By accepting the contest rules as stated, your entry will automatically be submitted to officially enter the contest. No purchase necessary. No communication will be entered into except with selected entrants. The act of entering any Contest constitutes acceptance of the Rules and decision(s) of the Contest judge (the "Judge").
Contest
The Contest commences on December 15, 2009 and closes at 11:59 PM ET (the "Closing Time") on December 21, 2009 (the "Contest Period"). Every valid recommendation made on the Sites counts as another entry to win. There is no limit on the number of entries. No purchase necessary.
Prize
The grand prize winner of the Contest will be eligible to receive 1 (one) gift certificate for a total value of $1750 (CAD) for an authorized LG 47" 1080p LCD HDTV retailer or the online Best Buy store in Canada. No cash value will be granted for the Contest.
Eligibility
The Contest is open to residents of all Canadian provinces, with the exception of Quebec, who are 18 years of age or older as at the first day of the Contest Period. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and local laws and regulations and is voidable where prohibited by law.
The following people are not eligible to enter the contest: Canpages employees, its advertising or promotional agencies, its assignees, as well as suppliers of printing services and prizes; and members of the immediate family or household of one of the aforementioned individuals. For the purpose of these contest rules, "members of the immediate family" refers to spouses, children, brothers and sisters, their parents and their spouses.
Draw
Within 5 business day(s) of the end of the Contest Period, 1 (one) grand prize winner will be awarded to a randomly selected valid entry. The contest draw will be held in Toronto, Ontario and will be made from all eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
Notifying the winner
The selected contestant(s) will be contacted by email by representatives of GigPark. It is absolutely necessary to provide a valid email address. The selected contestant(s) must respond within 72 hours to maintain eligibility. If the selected contestant(s) do not respond within 72 hours or declines the prize, another entrant will be selected.
Conditions for entering
By entering this contest, each participant agrees to abide by the official contest rules and the final decisions of the representative(s) of the Canpages Inc. (the "Contest Sponsors"). By entering this Contest, entrants release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsors, its/their advertising and promotional agencies and the Judge(s), their affiliates and respective directors, officers, owners, partners, employees, agents, dealers, representatives, successors and assigns from any liability in connection with this Contest or, if declared a winner, the Prize.
By accepting the Prize, the winner consents to the use of his/her name, city of residence, voice, statements, photographs or other likenesses for publicity, advertising or informational purposes in any medium or format without further compensation or notice.
This Contest will be conducted in accordance with these rules, subject to amendment by the Contest Sponsors. Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules by participating in this Contest. The terms of this Contest, as set out in these rules, are not subject to amendment or counter-offer, except as set out herein.
Liability
The Contest Sponsors disclaims all liability related to the inability to connect to the network, unsuccessful, incomplete or garbled or delayed computer transmissions, Internet failures, hardware or software malfunctions or any other technical problem, to any communications failure or circumstances affecting, disrupting or corrupting the contest in any way whatsoever, including, without limitation, the receiving of entries, eligibility of contest entrants, transmission of notice to the winner, the winner's response to the said notice, or related to any damage to the entrant's computer after entering the contest or downloading information required to enter the contest. The Contest Sponsors take no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late or destroyed entries, or for typographical or other production errors. The Contest Sponsors are not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising materials relating to this contest. All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsors and will not be returned.
If the identity of an entrant is disputed, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant. The individual assigned to the e-mail address for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address is considered the authorized account holder. A selected entrant may be required to provide proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the selected entry. All entries must be submitted from a valid e-mail account that may be identified by reverse domain name search. The sole determinant of time for the purposes of receipt of a valid entry in this Contest will be the Contest server machine(s). The entrant must also be able to show proof of residency via a valid driver's license or ID card.
The Contest Sponsors agree to keep the personal information you divulge as part of this contest private. The information provided for this contest shall not be sold, rented or provided to a third party for commercial purposes without your explicit consent.
Cancellation
The Contest Rules are subject to change without notice for any reason, including if necessary, to comply with any application law or policy, including any rules or policies of any regulatory body. The Contest Sponsors reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this contest in the event of a virus, computer bug or any other cause, out of the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsors, and which affects security or the effective management of this contest. The Contest Sponsors reserves the right to terminate the contest at any time without notice and without liability to any entrant, including potential winners and the winner. In the case of termination of the contest before the contest closing date, the Contest Sponsors reserve the right to, in their sole discretion; select a potential winner from all eligible entries received prior to the contest closing date. Notice of such termination will be available on the Sites.
General
In all matters relating to the promotion and awarding of the Prize, the Judges' rulings are final and without appeal. All entries that are incomplete, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the Rules, may be disqualified by the Contest Sponsors.
Any attempt to deliberately damage the Sites or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of the Rules. Should any such attempt be made, the Contest Sponsors reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including and not limited to, criminal prosecution.
Good Luck!
