“Black Dog $300 Shopping Spree”
COMPETITION RULES
ARTICLE 1 – ORGANIZING COMPANY AND PERIOD
These terms and conditions (which we will refer to as our "General Terms") are the overarching general terms and conditions that apply to all the competitions promoted by The Black Dog Tavern Company, LLC (which we will refer to as The Black Dog, "we" or "us"). We refer to all these competitions as the "Competitions" in these General Terms.
In addition to these General Terms, Competitions will also have their own specific terms and conditions (such as the details of how to enter, the opening/closing dates and the sort of prize you may win). Any such Competition-specific terms and conditions will be made available as part of the promotion of the particular Competition in publications and/or online. In these General Terms, we will refer to these Competition-specific terms and conditions as the "Specific Terms".
The Black Dog is a company registered in the United States and with its registered office at 735 Falmouth Rd, Mashpee, MA, 02649. You can write to us at this address if you have any concerns in relation to any of our Competitions, setting out clearly (i) the name of the Competition, (ii) the name of our publication or website running the Competition and (iii) your issue.
Organizes from January 3rd, 2023, to March 31st, 2023, these dates included a giveaway free of charge and no purchase necessary, tentatively or definitively entitled “Black Dog $300 Shopping Spree”, (hereinafter the “Game”). The “Game” can only be applied to full price merchandise and cannot be combined with any other offer.
ARTICLE 2 - ELIGIBILITY
This giveaway is only open to anyone over the age of majority, legally residing within the United States with an internet connection and a valid e-mail address (hereinafter the “Entrants”).
Employees of Organizing Company and any person who has directly or indirectly participated in the conception, the realization or the management of the Game, including their spouses (marriage, civil union, common-law marriage), families’ members: ascendants and direct descendants or other relatives: household and non-household members are not eligible.
The Organizing Company may at any time request from any Entrant to demonstrate compliance with the Rules and eligibility requirements set forth herein. Any Entrant who does not comply with the Rules and requirements set forth herein or who refuses to demonstrate compliance with such will be excluded from the Game and will not be able, in case of prize award, to obtain it.
Only one entry per person is allowed (same e-mail address). The Organizing Company may at any time carry out any verification for compliance with this rule. Should an Entrant enter multiple times, only their first entry will be taken into account.
By participating to the Game, the Entrant agrees to be fully unconditionally bound by these rules (the “Rules”), the rules of professional conduct in force on the internet, as well as all applicable laws and regulations for free games in force in the French territory.
This Game is available on smartphones, but Apple, Microsoft, Google or any other mobile application platform will not be held responsible in the event of any dispute related to this Game.
ARTICLE 3 – ENTRY AND ENTRY METHODS
1. Entry To participate in the Game, Entrants must:
Enter their cell phone number (mandatory data) in the website ChatBox which appears for that purpose. (Hereinafter the “Registration Form”):
2. Game MechanicsThis Game takes place exclusively online via the URL ENTER TO WIN. The Game consists in “Game Explanation”
3. Requirements for Participating in the Game
Entries that are incomplete, fraudulent, automated or erroneous will be disqualified. Any Entry made contrary to the provisions of the Rules will render the entry invalid.
ARTICLE 5 – WINNING ENTRANT(S) SELECTION AND SHIPPING/PRESENTATION OF PRIZES
A totally random algorithm implemented by a sub-contractor of the Organizing Company will instantly designate the Winning Entrants.
Only the Winning Entrants will receive an email [WITHIN 14 DAYS]. The Organizing Company shall contact the Winning Entrant using the telephone number and/or email address provided by the Winning Entrant in their Registration Form. The Organizing Company shall in no case be held liable responsible for any incorrect contact information provided by the Winning Entrant.
Any additional cost for taking possession of the prizes shall be borne by the Winning Entrants. The Winning Entrant(s) hereby irrevocably waive(s) to claim any compensation from the Organizing Company and/or the contractors and/or partners.
Any prize that would be returned by the post office or the contractor in charge of the shipping, for whatever reason (for example: “no longer at this address”), shall be considered as permanently refused by the Winning Entrant who in such case shall have no grounds for claim.
If a Winning Entrant does not or cannot, for any reason whatsoever, take possession of the prize or benefit from all or part of the awarded prize as provided for under these Rules, such prize shall be considered as having been permanently refused by the Winning Entrant who in such case shall have no grounds for claim.
Entrants who have not won will not receive any message.
All prizes must be claimed within ten (10) days of our notification of winning unless otherwise stated. We reserve the right to award prizes unclaimed after this period to alternative prizewinners or not to award them at all and we shall have no liability in respect of the entry initially selected. Any prize which is returned as undelivered will be used for another Competition or sent to charity.
ARTICLE 6 – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The Organizing Company shall not be held liable if, due to force majeure or any event beyond its control, the Game covered by the Rules should be cancelled, extended, shortened, postponed, or modified.
The liability of the Organizing Company shall not be incurred in the event of force majeure or fortuitous events beyond its control.
The Organizing Company shall not be held responsible for delays, losses, thefts, damage to mail, lack of legibility of stamps due to postal services. It shall also not be held liable and no recourse may be taken against it in the event of the occurrence of events of force majeure (strikes, bad weather, etc.) partially or totally depriving Participants of the possibility of participating in the Game and/or the Winning Entrant(s) of the benefit of their winning(s).
The Organizing Company shall not be held liable for any delay in the dispatch of the prizes and lots when this delay is not attributable to it but is the fault of the service provider that it uses to carry out this dispatch. It shall not incur any contractual or legal liability in respect of operations relating to the transport of the prizes and lots awarded. The Organizing Company shall not be held liable for any damage, theft or loss during transport and delivery of the package.
The Organizing Company declines all responsibility in the event of any incident and/or accident that may occur during the use or enjoyment of the prize won and/or due to its improper use by the Winning Entrant(s), it being incumbent on the Winning Entrant(s) to take out their corresponding insurance.
The Organizing Company, as well as its service providers and partners, may not be held liable for the loss or theft of the prizes by the beneficiaries once the Winning Entrant(s) have taken possession of them.
The Organizing Company shall not be held liable for direct or indirect damages, whatever the causes, origins, nature, or consequences, even though the Organizing Company may have been advised of the likelihood of such damages, caused by reasons of:
1. The malfunctioning of the internet network and/or any computer, and/or hardware and/or software and/or database of an Entrant or of any person or company in relation with the organizing of the Game, and more generally, any problem deriving from (tele)communication networks, processes, and services, from computers (on and offline), servers, internet service providers (the “ISP”) and/or web hosts, computer hardware, databases, and personal data.
Anyone’s access to the website whose URL is Text Rules Link
2. (the “Website”) or inaccessibility to it; Accessibility or inaccessibility to the Website, including any tampering, virus, bug infecting the computer hardware of the Entrant, and/or the Organizing Company’s and/or any other property.
ARTICLE 7 – FREE PARTICIPATION
For information, the Entrants using access providers globally integrating the telephone and internet connections into the current offers and services, the participation in Giveaway is free of charge, the Entrants declaring that they have already it available for their use.
ARTICLE 8 – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Ownership of the Organizing Company
Reproduction, display, or exploitation of all or in part of the elements forming the Game, Rules included are strictly prohibited.
All trademarks, logos, texts, images, videos and other distinctive signs reproduced on any communication medium relating to the Game, including the Site, and on sites to which it allows access via hypertext links, are the exclusive property of their owners and are protected as such by the provisions of the Code of Intellectual Property for the whole world. Their unauthorized reproduction constitutes an infringement and can be deemed a criminal offense.
Any unauthorized reproduction of these trademarks, logos, and signs, in full or in part, constitutes an infringement and can be deemed a criminal offence.
ARTICLE 9 – OBTAINING THE RULES
Rules can be sent upon request, at no cost to requestor (postage reimbursed if asked for) sent to the Organizing Company at the following address:
735 Falmouth Rd Mashpee, MA, 02649
Rules can be accessed on the Site.
ARTICLE 10 – FRAUD
If it turns out that a Participant wins a prize in contravention of the Rules or by fraudulent or unfair means, such prize shall not be awarded to him/her and shall remain the property of the Organizing Company or of possible partner companies of the Giveaway, without prejudice to any legal proceedings that may be brought against the Entrant by the Organizing Company or by any third party.
Any fraud, attempt or suspected attempt to use robotic, automatic, programmed, or otherwise, illicit means to enter the Sweepstakes, or any other methods not authorized by these Sweepstakes Rules, for example, but not limited to, entering multiple times, shall be deemed as tampering and may disqualify you from entering, participating, winning prizes (defined herein), and preclude you from participating in future contests and promotions, at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Entries that are late, lost, stolen, illegible, contain false information, are damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled or incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular or that do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions these Rules will be judged void.
Any fraud or attempted fraud for winning prizes will be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Articles 313-1 and following of the Criminal Code.
ARTICLE 11 – DISPUTE