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element14 Free Prize Draws Terms and Conditions
1) These free prize draws ("the Draws") are run by Premier Farnell plc ("PF").
2) By submitting a comment on element14 birthday celebration page ("the Site"), all voters ("Voters") will be deemed to have read, accepted and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions ("Terms") which apply to each of the Draws. Voters are advised to print and keep safe a copy of the Terms. PF reserves the right to revise the Terms from time to time. Revised Terms will be posted on the Site and it is a condition of entry to the Draws that Voters agree to comply with such amendments from time to time.
3) Please address any queries relating to these Draws to communitymanager@premierfarnell.com.
4) No purchase is necessary to enter the Draws.
5) Anyone who leaves a comment on the Site as specified on the SIte ("Vote") between June 1, 2010 and July 15, 2010 will be entered into the Draws. Voters must be aged 18 or over as at June 1, 2010. One one entry to the Draws will be made in respect of each person regardless of however many comments that person posts to the Site.
6) Draws will be made daily in respect of the element14 merchandise and each Vote submitted to a daily Draw will be re-submitted to the Draw for the Hawkboard to be held on July 22, 2010.
7) No responsibility will be accepted for Votes which are not received for any reason, including technical error.
8) In respect of each of the Draws a winner will be the first entry drawn from all Votes. The winner will be drawn using an online random number generator. Daily mechandise winners will be drawn within one week of the work day in respect of which the Draw is made. The winner of the Hawkboard Draw will be drawn on July 22, 2010. Each winner of a daily Draw will not have their entry submitted to subsequent daily draws, but will be eligible for the Hawkboard drawing. PF's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9)Winners will be notified by email (to the email address provided at the time of registration on the Site) within 28 days of being drawn. To claim his or her prize, the winner must confirm receipt of notification by PF. If the winner does not respond in that time period, he or she will be deemed to have waived entitlement to his or her prize and a further winner will be selected at random. Details of the winner will be posted on the Site on July 24, 2010.
10. PF reserves the right to verify the eligibility of any winner before the Prize (as defined below) is issued and may require proof of identification and age. If PF suspects fraud or misconduct, or if it is discovered that a Voter has failed to comply with the eligibility requirements set out in the Terms then the Prize may be withheld or withdrawn or another Prize winner may be selected.
11. The prize for each daily Draw will be element14 merchandise of PF's chosing and the prize for the Hawkboard Draw will be a Hawkboard development kit ("the Prize"). The Prize is non-negotiable and non-refundable and no cash alternative will be offered. PF reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a suitable equivalent and the free goods sent may differ from those advertised. There is no right to any refund in respect of free goods returned.
12. Each winner must allow details regarding the winning of the Prize to be published in order to claim the Prize.
13. PF reserves the right to withdraw or amend the Draws or extend the period of anticipation as necessary due to cirmcumstances outside of its reasonable control. PF will not be liable for any such withdrawl or change to the Draws.
14. Voters agree to be responsible for all applicable taxes, duties or other charges payable in relation to the Prize.
15. Employees, directors, shareholders of any company within the PF group of companies and their direct families (parents, siblings, spouse, partner, children) or agents and/or anyone associated with the running of the Draw are not eligible to enter these Draws.
16. Voters shall not be permitted to enter the Draws if by entering into it they may cause PF and/or themselves to be in breach of any agreement (including but not limited to any contract of employment) to which they are a party or in breach of any law, regulation or rule having the force of law to which PF or the Voter may be subject. PF reserves the right to disqualify any entry made in breach of this condition.
17. PF respects the policies of employers which forbid the acceptance of such prizes or prize money by their employees. The winner must obtain signed authorisation from a director of his or her employer (if appropriate) confirming permission to accept the Prize.
18. Prizes are not supplied with the benefit of any warranties from PF and are only supplied with the benefit of any warranty provided by the manufacturer of the Prize. All further warranties or representations are hereby expressly excluded to the fullest extend permitted at law. Without limiting the generality of the preceding statement PF hereby excludes all and any liability arising out of the Draws or the acceptance, use, quality condition, suitability or performance of the free goods, even where arising from PF's negligence.
19. PF does not exclude liability under the Tern for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, or for breach or Part II of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 or for any matter in relation to which it would be illegal for PF to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability.
20. These Draws and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and Voters irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with these Draws.