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<\/a>Money pouring into my email – a lovely idea!<\/p><\/div>\n
Then again, I may not be as I know my chances of winning a competition are somewhat less than 100%!<\/p>\n
Reading the competition terms…<\/h2>\n
I just entered a competition, after looking through the terms. I don’t read the terms in full but I always check if there are unexpected uses of my email address before I give it to someone.<\/p>\n
In this case, adding me to a single mailing list was acceptable so I entered.<\/p>\n
However, I also noted a few things in the terms that were silly.<\/p>\n
I think they have used a generic set of competition\u00a0terms, adding in a few\u00a0specific details but leaving everything else as it was in the template<\/a>. To me, this looks like they were too lazy to bother writing or editing their terms.<\/p>\n Let’s assume they had permission to use that template rather than breaching copyright<\/a> by copying someone else’s terms. They could still face legal issues if something in the template doesn’t apply to their current situation – like how winners are notified.<\/p>\n To enter, I gave my name and email address – no postal address or phone number.<\/p>\n According to the terms, if I win, I will be ‘contacted by phone and email’. Interesting idea given they don’t have my phone number…<\/p>\n A single prize of $5,000 is on offer to the winner. Yet, ‘the prize… is not transferable\u00a0as cash.’<\/p>\nDubious terms<\/h2>\n