On-line Entry: To enter the STIHL $10,000 CAD Family Vacation Contest (“Contest”), sponsored by STIHL Limited (“Sponsor”), you will need to enter via the Internet by going on-line to www.stihl.ca/family (“Contest Website”) and follow the link to the contest registration. To be eligible to win, complete the entry form on the Contest Website by filling in your name, mailing address with postal code, e-mail address and telephone number. Then submit the entry form by clicking on the “Enter” button. Contest begins on January 12th, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends 11:59 pm ET on Monday December 6th, 2010. (the “Contest Period”). Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for the Contest. On-line entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on December 6th, 2010. Entries become the property of STIHL Limited (“Sponsor”). No responsibility for contest entries that are delayed, lost, destroyed, incomplete, illegible, or misdirected will be accepted by the Sponsor.
Limit of one (1) entry per valid e-mail address. All fields on the entry form must be completed unless they are indicated as optional. Any use of automated devices is prohibited.
There is one (1) grand prize available to be won. The grand prize consists of a $10,000 CAD travel voucher from UNIGLOBE Travel. The UNIGLOBE Travel travel voucher is valid for travel between January 1st, 2011 to December 31st, 2011. Trip(s) must be booked through UNIGLOBE Travel. Prize is not transferable and must be accepted as awarded. The voucher is intended to cover airfare, hotel accommodations, tours and transfers. Any expenses over and above the $10,000 CAD value of the voucher are the responsibility of the winner and his/her traveling companion(s). Should the full $10,000 CAD value of the travel voucher not be required for prize fulfillment, the remainder will remain on account for future travel of the grand prize winner with the UNIGLOBE Travel agency of record, until expiry of December 31st, 2011. Prize winner must have reached age of majority in their province of residence by date of contest entry. Prize may not be sold or transferred and is not convertible to cash. It is the responsibility of the prize winner and his/her traveling companion(s) to obtain all necessary travel documentation, including passports and visa if applicable and to comply with any customs immigration requirements. All taxes for travel arrangements will be included in the $10,000 CAD voucher.
No change in traveling arrangements may be made once the booking has been confirmed. Traveling companion(s) of the prize winner must depart from the same airport and on the same itinerary as the winner. All expenses not specifically included in the Grand Prize, including but not limited to, transportation to and from the airport, in room movies, room service, meals, gas and any other personal expenses are the sole responsibility of the winner and his/her guest(s).
In the event that the Grand Prize winner is unable to redeem any or all of the Grand Prize components due to reasons beyond the control of the Contest Sponsors, their employees, representatives, agents and all parties associated with this Contest, no compensation or substitute prize will be provided.
The voucher includes taxes, service fees and airport fees. If the value of the trip(s) is greater than $10,000 CAD the difference is the responsibility of the contest winner and his/her travel companion(s). The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion, to substitute a prize or prize component with one of equal or greater value. The approximate retail value of this prize is $10,000 CAD. The odds of winning the grand prize depend upon the number of eligible entries received by the contest closing date.
At 10:00 a.m. ET on or about Thursday December 9th, 2010 in London ON, a computerized, random draw will be conducted from the total entries received during the Contest Period. Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received. The Prize shall be awarded to the entrant whose name was randomly selected from all entries. The selected entrant will be notified by e-mail or telephone if he/she is eligible to win the Prize. Before being declared a Prize Winner, the selected entrant will be required to correctly answer a time-limited, mathematical skill-testing question, without assistance of any kind whether mechanical or otherwise, to be administered at a mutually convenient time by telephone. The selected entrant will also be required to sign and return, within the time stipulated in the documents, a Declaration of Compliance with these Official Rules and a Liability and Publicity Release (collectively, the “Declaration and Release”) before being declared the winner. If the selected entrant cannot be reached within ten (10) business days of the date of the prize drawing, fails to submit the completed Declaration and Release, or fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question within the time allotted, Sponsor or its third party service provider shall conclude that the selected entrant has forfeited his/her Prize, which may then be awarded to an alternate eligible entrant at the Sponsor’s discretion. Return of any Prize or Prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate eligible entrant.
The Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada that have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence at the time of entry, except employees of STIHL Limited and persons with whom they are domiciled, or a family member of an employee or persons residing with a family member (defined as biological, step or adoptive mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother or spouse) of an employee, of the Contest Sponsor, its advertising and promotional agencies and the Contest administration organization, or any of their affiliated or associated companies and employees of participating Dealers, and potential prize winners will have to state in the Declaration and Release their address, occupation and name of their employer to confirm they are not a person excluded from eligibility to enter. This Contest is subject to all applicable Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws and regulations. All decisions of the Sponsor and the independent Contest administration organization are final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest, and the Contest Sponsor and Contest administration organization shall not be held responsible for any accident, negligence, printing, administrative or other errors that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest. In the event of a dispute regarding submission of an on-line entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorized holder of the e-mail account. The Contest Sponsor reserves the right to modify, amend or terminate this Contest in whole or in part, at any time without notice and with no obligation or liability, subject to applicable law and the approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (the “Régie”) with respect to the province of Quebec.
Entries attempted by methods other than those described in these Official Rules shall be deemed void. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different e-mail addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant's entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any registration, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant or player. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. A selected entrant may be required to provide Sponsor with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the selected entry. Proof of sending will not be deemed to be proof of receipt.
Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
By entering the Contest and voluntarily providing his/her personal information, each entrant consents and agrees to the collection and use of the entrant’s personal information by Sponsor. For further information on how STIHL Limited respects your privacy, visit our Privacy Policy.
In order to be eligible to win a prize, entrants must comply with these Official Rules. All entries become property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. No correspondence will be entered into except with selected entrants. The Contest Sponsor and affiliates are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Contest, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Contest, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, at its discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims. The Sponsor reserves the right without notice to cancel, suspend or modify the Contest for any reason, subject to the approval of the Régie. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are incomplete, garbled, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
By entering the Contest, entrants agree that the Sponsor shall not be responsible or liable for any losses or injuries of any kind resulting from participating in the Contest or acceptance, possession and/or use or misuse of the prize, and agree to release, discharge and hold harmless the Sponsor and its respective officers, directors, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, advertising and promotional agencies, third party services’ providers and prize suppliers (collectively, the “Releases”) from all claims or damages arising out of entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or acceptance, use or misuse of any prize. By accepting the prize, the winner agrees to the use of his/her name, city of residence, photograph and/or other likeness in any related publicity for Sponsor, in any medium, including presence on the Sponsor’s website, without further compensation or permission, worldwide and in perpetuity. Sponsor makes no representation or warranty that any identification, videotape, photograph and/or likeness of the winner will be broadcast or used otherwise in any manner.