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Contest Rules & Regulations
Simplicity™ Contest
Contest begins January 11, 2010 (00:00:01, CT) and ends November 30, 2010 (23:59:59, CT). This contest is sponsored by Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. (the "sponsor"). This contest is only open to residents of the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba who are 18 years of age or older on the date they enter, with a valid driver's license issued by the Province of the person's residence (which must be issued and valid both on the date the person enters and on the date they sign their winner's release) and who are owners of or work on a farming operation in those provinces.
No purchase necessary. You may enter in any of the following ways:
Visit www.simplicitywins.ca (http://www.simplicitywins.ca) and click the Contest entry icon, and an entry form will appear. Enter all requested information including your name, postal address and e-mail address. When completed, click the submit button and your entry will be entered automatically. Incomplete entries will not be entered into the contest. Only one entry per person and/or email address permitted via this method of entering.
If you receive a contest related "swipe card" from the sponsor by direct mail, take it during the contest period to the sponsor's tradeshow booth in the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where the sponsor will be promoting its Simplicity™ herbicide at various tradeshows, and swipe the card in the card reader at the booth and follow the contest entry instructions. Only one entry per person permitted via this method of entering at each tradeshow (if a swipe method of entering is not available at a tradeshow; you may enter via method #3 below at the tradeshow booth). Incomplete entries will not be entered into the contest.
During the contest period visit any of the sponsor's tradeshow booths in the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where the sponsor will be promoting its Simplicity™ herbicide, and using the computer located at the booth click the contest icon and an entry form will appear; follow the contest entry instructions. Only one entry per person permitted via this method of entering at each tradeshow, if you entered by using a swipe card (method #2 above) you may not enter via this method as well at the same tradeshow. Incomplete entries will not be entered into the contest.
During the contest period, telephone the sponsor's "Solutions" desk at 1.800.667.3852, request to be entered into the contest and one of the sponsor's telephone representatives will obtain the necessary information from you so that you can be entered into the contest. Only one entry per person and/or email address permitted via this method of entering.
The following prizes will be awarded (not all prizes will be available to be won by all entrants):
Grand prize: One grand prize will be awarded; all entrants will be eligible to win this prize. The Grand Prize consists of a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Hybrid, standard equipment, delivered to a Simplicity™ herbicide dealer selected by sponsor (all costs relating to picking up the prize from that dealer and then transporting it to the winner's residence will be the responsibility of the winner). Taxes and license are the responsibility of the winner. Approx. retail value $40,325. The vehicle will be the one used by the sponsor during the contest period to promote the sponsor and will have been driven by the sponsor throughout the contest period to various sponsor events and will have many kilometers registered on the odometer as a result; the sponsor does not represent that the vehicle is in any particular condition or fit for any particular purpose and the winner must accept the vehicle on an "as is/where is" basis with only the balance of the manufacturer's warranty (if any) available to the winner should any mechanical or other problems exist with the vehicle (and with regard to exercising any such manufacturer warranty, winner must contact manufacturer directly).
Additional prizes: Those who enter the contest at any one of the following sponsor booths at any one of the following tradeshows will be eligible to win the following prizes (only entrants at each such respective tradeshow will be eligible to win the prize allocated for awarding at that respective tradeshow):
Each prize consists of enough Simplicity™ herbicide to treat 160 acres. Suggested retail value of each prize is $3,758.40. The winner will be responsible for picking up the prize at their own expense at their nearest Simplicity™ dealer.
One such prize will be awarded at each of the following tradeshows:
- Crop Production Show; Saskatoon
- Ag Days Show, Brandon
- Farm Tech Show, Edmonton
Other tradeshows and prizes may be added at the sponsor’s discretion.
A random selection to determine the winners will be made as follows from among all eligible entries received:
For each respective "Additional Prize", winner will be selected by random draw at the conclusion of the respective tradeshow.
For the Grand Prize, winner will be selected by random draw within 30 days of the conclusion of the contest.
The odds of being selected for any prize will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received for that respective prize. Winners will be notified of their having won by registered mail at the municipal mailing address stated on their entry form. If winner does not return their release received as part of the winner's notification within 30 days of it having been sent to the winner by the sponsor that person will automatically forfeit their prize and nothing will be given to that person and the prize will then be re-awarded. If winner does not take delivery of their prize within two months of notification of their having won being sent to them, that person will automatically forfeit their prize and nothing will be awarded to them.
By accepting their Prize, the winner agrees to waive all recourse against the contest sponsor, and those associated with them no matter what the reason including if the contest sponsor has been negligent in any way in the conduct of the contest and without limiting the generality of the foregoing if the prize does not prove satisfactory, either in whole or in part.
Employees of the sponsor, or those domiciled with an employee of the Sponsor, are not eligible to enter.
By entering, contestants agree: (i) to the contest rules (in the event of any conflict with anything contained in these Official Rules and promotion details contained in advertising and other promotion materials, the details of the promotion set forth in these Official Rules shall govern and prevail) (ii) to the use of the entrant's personal information for purposes of administering this contest and (iii) to the use without compensation of the entrant's photograph, filmed or recorded image, name and city of residence in all publicity campaigns related to the contest including on the sponsor's web site and including in any newsletter or publication published by sponsor (the "publicity usages").
Before being declared a winner, a selected entrant must: (i) have first correctly answered, without mechanical or other assistance, sponsor's mathematical, skill-testing question administered as part of the winner's release, (ii) be in full compliance with these rules and (iii) sign and return sponsor's release within 30 days of it having been sent. Potential prize winners who do not or fail to comply fully with the contest rules will automatically forfeit their opportunity to win that prize and nothing else will be substituted or given to that potential winner and an alternate winner will be chosen in their place.
General rules:
Contest is being sponsored by Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. (the "sponsor") No correspondence will be entered into except with a potential winner. The decision of sponsor and their representatives in respect of any matter related to this contest (either before or following selection) is final and without appeal. Contest is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws.
All entries become the property of the sponsor. Entries will be rejected if not fully completed. Persons tampering with or abusing the entry policy will be disqualified. The sponsor, including its agents, representatives and those associated with them, are not responsible for any entry, a prize winning notification or the claim for prize, which fails to get entered, is lost, misdirected or which arrives late, as the case may be, whether or not due to the fault of the sponsor or of any other person or thing and whether or not due to an interrupted or unavailable browser or network server or malfunction, congestion, incompatibility, misconnection or miscommunication, failed or lost computer transmissions, or if the sponsor's Email/Web site portal is compromised by virus, bugs, unauthorized human or unauthorized non-human intervention, or for any technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on line systems, servers access providers, computer equipment, software failures, or failure of any entry to be received due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or sponsor's web site or other similar technical problems beyond the reasonable control of the sponsor (collectively, the "technical problems"). Proof of transmission (screenshots) does not constitute proof of delivery.
The sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend or suspend the online portion of the contest, in its sole discretion, if any of the foregoing technical problems prevents the fair or proper administration of the on-line portion of the contest.
The contest sponsor will have no liability whatsoever if for any reason the contest is not capable of running as planned due to technical problems, including due to computer virus, bugs, unauthorized tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes. The contest sponsor reserves their right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or to be acting in violation of these rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Contest sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this contest or from downloading any material from the contest website or elsewhere. Entries, no-purchase entry requests, etc. generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.
Prize must be accepted as awarded, in the name of the winner. No cash value will be given for the prize no matter what the circumstances and no substitution will be made for the prize no matter what the circumstances (and without limiting the foregoing, prizes may not be sold or traded). The approximate retail values of a prize as stated in advertising or other promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, are subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, the passage of time between the date the respective approximate retail value is stated by the Sponsor and the date the respective prize is awarded or redeemed. If, at the time a prize is redeemed or awarded, the actual prevailing retail purchase price for the prize is less than the approximate retail value stated by the Sponsor in advertising and promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, the prize winner will not be entitled to the price difference. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, and for any reason, reserves the right to: (i) place reasonable restrictions on the availability or use of a prize or (ii) substitute a prize or aspect of a prize of equal or greater value for a prize or aspect stated in the rules and advertising and promotion materials as being offered to be awarded.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of the person who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account through which the entry was made. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be requested to provide the Contest sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the potentially winning entry.
By completing the entry form all entrants consent to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information by the Contest sponsor for the purposes of: (i) running the contest (ii) as permitted by these rules (for example, pursuant to these rules, all entrants who accept a prize consent to the use of their personal information for publicity usages) including as permitted by any release signed and (iii) unless the entrants opts out (by checking the opt out box on the entry form) to the receipt of marketing information from the Sponsor about the Sponsor's products and services. Personal information is defined as anything that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home telephone number, age, home address, email address, gender. Contest sponsor will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering the Contest. Learn more about sponsor's privacy policy by visiting www.dowagro.com/ca (http://www.dowagro.com/ca). Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest sponsor should be addressed to the Contest sponsor at: Privacy Officer, Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc., 2100 - 450 1 St. SW, Calgary AB, T2P 5H1.
Contest Rules & Regulations
Simplicity™ Contest
Contest begins January 11, 2010 (00:00:01, CT) and ends November 30, 2010 (23:59:59, CT). This contest is sponsored by Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. (the "sponsor"). This contest is only open to residents of the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba who are 18 years of age or older on the date they enter, with a valid driver's license issued by the Province of the person's residence (which must be issued and valid both on the date the person enters and on the date they sign their winner's release) and who are owners of or work on a farming operation in those provinces.
No purchase necessary. You may enter in any of the following ways:
Visit www.simplicitywins.ca (http://www.simplicitywins.ca) and click the Contest entry icon, and an entry form will appear. Enter all requested information including your name, postal address and e-mail address. When completed, click the submit button and your entry will be entered automatically. Incomplete entries will not be entered into the contest. Only one entry per person and/or email address permitted via this method of entering.
If you receive a contest related "swipe card" from the sponsor by direct mail, take it during the contest period to the sponsor's tradeshow booth in the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where the sponsor will be promoting its Simplicity™ herbicide at various tradeshows, and swipe the card in the card reader at the booth and follow the contest entry instructions. Only one entry per person permitted via this method of entering at each tradeshow (if a swipe method of entering is not available at a tradeshow; you may enter via method #3 below at the tradeshow booth). Incomplete entries will not be entered into the contest.
During the contest period visit any of the sponsor's tradeshow booths in the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba where the sponsor will be promoting its Simplicity™ herbicide, and using the computer located at the booth click the contest icon and an entry form will appear; follow the contest entry instructions. Only one entry per person permitted via this method of entering at each tradeshow, if you entered by using a swipe card (method #2 above) you may not enter via this method as well at the same tradeshow. Incomplete entries will not be entered into the contest.
During the contest period, telephone the sponsor's "Solutions" desk at 1.800.667.3852, request to be entered into the contest and one of the sponsor's telephone representatives will obtain the necessary information from you so that you can be entered into the contest. Only one entry per person and/or email address permitted via this method of entering.
The following prizes will be awarded (not all prizes will be available to be won by all entrants):
Grand prize: One grand prize will be awarded; all entrants will be eligible to win this prize. The Grand Prize consists of a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Hybrid, standard equipment, delivered to a Simplicity™ herbicide dealer selected by sponsor (all costs relating to picking up the prize from that dealer and then transporting it to the winner's residence will be the responsibility of the winner). Taxes and license are the responsibility of the winner. Approx. retail value $40,325. The vehicle will be the one used by the sponsor during the contest period to promote the sponsor and will have been driven by the sponsor throughout the contest period to various sponsor events and will have many kilometers registered on the odometer as a result; the sponsor does not represent that the vehicle is in any particular condition or fit for any particular purpose and the winner must accept the vehicle on an "as is/where is" basis with only the balance of the manufacturer's warranty (if any) available to the winner should any mechanical or other problems exist with the vehicle (and with regard to exercising any such manufacturer warranty, winner must contact manufacturer directly).
Additional prizes: Those who enter the contest at any one of the following sponsor booths at any one of the following tradeshows will be eligible to win the following prizes (only entrants at each such respective tradeshow will be eligible to win the prize allocated for awarding at that respective tradeshow):
Each prize consists of enough Simplicity™ herbicide to treat 160 acres. Suggested retail value of each prize is $3,758.40. The winner will be responsible for picking up the prize at their own expense at their nearest Simplicity™ dealer.
One such prize will be awarded at each of the following tradeshows:
- Crop Production Show; Saskatoon
- Ag Days Show, Brandon
- Farm Tech Show, Edmonton
Other tradeshows and prizes may be added at the sponsor’s discretion.
A random selection to determine the winners will be made as follows from among all eligible entries received:
For each respective "Additional Prize", winner will be selected by random draw at the conclusion of the respective tradeshow.
For the Grand Prize, winner will be selected by random draw within 30 days of the conclusion of the contest.
The odds of being selected for any prize will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received for that respective prize. Winners will be notified of their having won by registered mail at the municipal mailing address stated on their entry form. If winner does not return their release received as part of the winner's notification within 30 days of it having been sent to the winner by the sponsor that person will automatically forfeit their prize and nothing will be given to that person and the prize will then be re-awarded. If winner does not take delivery of their prize within two months of notification of their having won being sent to them, that person will automatically forfeit their prize and nothing will be awarded to them.
By accepting their Prize, the winner agrees to waive all recourse against the contest sponsor, and those associated with them no matter what the reason including if the contest sponsor has been negligent in any way in the conduct of the contest and without limiting the generality of the foregoing if the prize does not prove satisfactory, either in whole or in part.
Employees of the sponsor, or those domiciled with an employee of the Sponsor, are not eligible to enter.
By entering, contestants agree: (i) to the contest rules (in the event of any conflict with anything contained in these Official Rules and promotion details contained in advertising and other promotion materials, the details of the promotion set forth in these Official Rules shall govern and prevail) (ii) to the use of the entrant's personal information for purposes of administering this contest and (iii) to the use without compensation of the entrant's photograph, filmed or recorded image, name and city of residence in all publicity campaigns related to the contest including on the sponsor's web site and including in any newsletter or publication published by sponsor (the "publicity usages").
Before being declared a winner, a selected entrant must: (i) have first correctly answered, without mechanical or other assistance, sponsor's mathematical, skill-testing question administered as part of the winner's release, (ii) be in full compliance with these rules and (iii) sign and return sponsor's release within 30 days of it having been sent. Potential prize winners who do not or fail to comply fully with the contest rules will automatically forfeit their opportunity to win that prize and nothing else will be substituted or given to that potential winner and an alternate winner will be chosen in their place.
General rules:
Contest is being sponsored by Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. (the "sponsor") No correspondence will be entered into except with a potential winner. The decision of sponsor and their representatives in respect of any matter related to this contest (either before or following selection) is final and without appeal. Contest is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws.
All entries become the property of the sponsor. Entries will be rejected if not fully completed. Persons tampering with or abusing the entry policy will be disqualified. The sponsor, including its agents, representatives and those associated with them, are not responsible for any entry, a prize winning notification or the claim for prize, which fails to get entered, is lost, misdirected or which arrives late, as the case may be, whether or not due to the fault of the sponsor or of any other person or thing and whether or not due to an interrupted or unavailable browser or network server or malfunction, congestion, incompatibility, misconnection or miscommunication, failed or lost computer transmissions, or if the sponsor's Email/Web site portal is compromised by virus, bugs, unauthorized human or unauthorized non-human intervention, or for any technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on line systems, servers access providers, computer equipment, software failures, or failure of any entry to be received due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or sponsor's web site or other similar technical problems beyond the reasonable control of the sponsor (collectively, the "technical problems"). Proof of transmission (screenshots) does not constitute proof of delivery.
The sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify, amend or suspend the online portion of the contest, in its sole discretion, if any of the foregoing technical problems prevents the fair or proper administration of the on-line portion of the contest.
The contest sponsor will have no liability whatsoever if for any reason the contest is not capable of running as planned due to technical problems, including due to computer virus, bugs, unauthorized tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes. The contest sponsor reserves their right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the contest or to be acting in violation of these rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner. Contest sponsor shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the contest including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this contest or from downloading any material from the contest website or elsewhere. Entries, no-purchase entry requests, etc. generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.
Prize must be accepted as awarded, in the name of the winner. No cash value will be given for the prize no matter what the circumstances and no substitution will be made for the prize no matter what the circumstances (and without limiting the foregoing, prizes may not be sold or traded). The approximate retail values of a prize as stated in advertising or other promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, are subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, the passage of time between the date the respective approximate retail value is stated by the Sponsor and the date the respective prize is awarded or redeemed. If, at the time a prize is redeemed or awarded, the actual prevailing retail purchase price for the prize is less than the approximate retail value stated by the Sponsor in advertising and promotion materials, and/or in these Official Rules, the prize winner will not be entitled to the price difference. The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, and for any reason, reserves the right to: (i) place reasonable restrictions on the availability or use of a prize or (ii) substitute a prize or aspect of a prize of equal or greater value for a prize or aspect stated in the rules and advertising and promotion materials as being offered to be awarded.
In the event of a dispute over the identity of the person who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account through which the entry was made. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be requested to provide the Contest sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the potentially winning entry.
By completing the entry form all entrants consent to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information by the Contest sponsor for the purposes of: (i) running the contest (ii) as permitted by these rules (for example, pursuant to these rules, all entrants who accept a prize consent to the use of their personal information for publicity usages) including as permitted by any release signed and (iii) unless the entrants opts out (by checking the opt out box on the entry form) to the receipt of marketing information from the Sponsor about the Sponsor's products and services. Personal information is defined as anything that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as home telephone number, age, home address, email address, gender. Contest sponsor will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering the Contest. Learn more about sponsor's privacy policy by visiting www.dowagro.com/ca (http://www.dowagro.com/ca). Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest sponsor should be addressed to the Contest sponsor at: Privacy Officer, Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc., 2100 - 450 1 St. SW, Calgary AB, T2P 5H1.