Holiday Giveaway 2023
Contest rules
How to enter
- Follow@TELUSand@darren_entwistleon Instagram; and
- Comment on the Instagram post by telling us your favourite thing about the holidays.
No purchase necessary. Contest runs from 12:00 p.m. EST to 11:59 p.m. EST on December 18, 2023 to December 22, 2023. This contest is intended for residents of Canada and will be interpreted according to Canadian law. Maximum of one (1) entry per day throughout the contest period.
The contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram or Meta.
Entries must comply with Instagram or Meta terms of use. In the event of a dispute, the person who is the holder of the Instagram account specified will be deemed to be the entrant. Entrants are only permitted to make a single submission. Entrants must provide entries using a single account, and entrants found to be using multiple accounts will be considered ineligible and disqualified from the contest.
Any comments that contain subject matter that, in the opinion of the contest administrators, may violate community standards or is otherwise of questionable taste will be deleted and excluded from the contest.
Prizes
There will be one (1) prize awarded. Winner will receive the following prize. The prize has an approx. Retail value of $4,000 CAD.
- One (1) mobile phone of your choice up to a maximum of $2,000 CAD; and
- A $2,000 donation, in the winner’s name, to the charity of your choice.
Tax receipt for the donation portion of the prize will not be provided to the winner. Prizes must be accepted as awarded, are not transferable and cannot be exchanged with TELUS for cash. TELUS reserves the right to substitute the prize, which is, in their sole opinion, a prize of equivalent value and/or to terminate or withdraw this contest at any time. The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received. The donation prize will be donated directly to the charity from TELUS Communications Inc. using TELUS’ funds.
Eligibility
To be eligible to win, entries must be received on or before the closing date of 11:59 p.m. EST on December 22, 2023. This contest is open to residents of Canada, who have reached the age of majority according to the laws of the province where they reside. This contest excludes employees of TELUS Corporation, its affiliated companies or subsidiaries (“TELUS”) and TELUS’ advertising and promotional agencies and members of their respective households.
Entrants who are customers of TELUS at the time of entry and/or at the time of prize award must have their TELUS accounts in good standing (with a current account balance that is no more than 30 days past due) in order to be eligible to win the prize.
The draw
A random draw for the prize will take place at approx. 12:00 p.m. EST on December 28, 2023. The selected entrant will be notified by private message on Instagram. Please note that the winner will only be contacted from the official, Instagram-verified
@TELUS
account. If the selected entrant does not respond back to the contest administrator within one (1) business day or if the selected entrant does not comply with all contest rules, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries. To win, the selected entrant must correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by email.
The winning entrant of the prize must sign a standard release and indemnity form confirming compliance with contest rules and releasing TELUS and their respective directors, officers, partnership interest holders, representatives, advertising and promotional agencies from any and all liability arising out of, pursuant to or as a result of the carrying out of the contest, including liability arising from the acceptance of and usage of the prizes as awarded. Failure to comply with the contest rules or to sign and return the release form within 2 days of receipt will result in disqualification and another entry will be drawn.
Entries
All entries become the property of TELUS. TELUS assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries or for any failure of Instagram/Facebook or for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer or online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any Instagram/Facebook message, e-mail or entry to be received by TELUS on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from this contest.
TELUS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this contest should a virus, bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of TELUS and its advertising and promotional agencies corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest or for any other reason at any time without prior notice.
Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered, tampered with or unlawful in any way. Entries submitted by unauthorized means or by spamming will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that an entry has been made in any manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified. Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and the decisions of the contest judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
Quebec Residents
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.
Privacy
By entering the contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for publicity purposes in all media used by TELUS, without payment or compensation. Entrants agree to TELUS’ use of the entrants’ personal information that may include contacting you regarding limited-time offers, promotional offers and/or surveys. Full details are as described in TELUS’ privacy policy located at
https://www.telus.com/en/about/privacy
.