CONTEST PERIOD
The Win an Electric Bike contest is organized by Desjardins Ontario Credit Union and Desjardins Financial Centre – Downtown Ottawa (the "Contest Organizer") and runs from April 1st, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. until June 10, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. (eastern time) (the "Contest Period")
ELIGIBILITY
This contest is open to residents of Quebec or Ontario who are 18 years of age or older and who have completed the online "Bike Contest" form and has met with a Desjardins advisor (the "Eligible Entrants").
Exclusions
The following individuals are not eligible to enter the contest: Employees, managers and directors of Caisse Desjardins Ontario Credit Union Inc. and Desjardins Financial Centre – Downtown Ottawa, the members of their immediate families (siblings, children, parents), their legal or common law spouses or persons with whom they reside.
HOW TO ENTER
To enter, Eligible Entrants must:
- Complete all required fields in the electronic entry form available through a QR code on various platforms: website https://alumni.uottawa.ca
- Facebook page www.facebook.com/CaisseOntarioCreditUnion, emails, posters, etc.
- Meet with a Caisse Desjardins Ontario or Desjardins Financial Centre – Downtown Ottawa Advisor for any project (mortgage, loan, savings, retirement planning or life event).
At any time between 10:00 a.m. on April 1st, 2022 and 11:59 p.m. on June 10th, 2022 (eastern time).
No purchase or consideration required. To enter the contest without purchase or consideration, Eligible Entrants must legibly hand write a letter with their name, their address including city and postal code, their telephone number, the date, and an original text of approximately 50 words on the topic of " Where will you go with an Electric Bike" and mail it in a postage-paid envelope to: Desjardins Financial Centre – Downtown Ottawa, 250 Albert Street, Suite 101, Ottawa ON K1P 6M1. Entries without purchase or consideration must be postmarked no later than the final day of the contest—June 10, 2022—failing which they will be void. Upon receipt, the contest entry will automatically be registered and provide one (1) chance to win. Limit one (1) entry per stamped envelope. All such entries will be subject to the same terms and conditions as other entries. Mechanical reproductions will not be accepted. Entries are the property of the Contest Organizer and will not be returned.
Limit one (1) entry per Eligible Entrant, regardless of entry method used.
PRIZE
Only Eligible Entrants who have met the conditions listed in the How to Enter section are eligible for the prize draw.
- There is one (1) prize that will be drawn from among all Eligible Entrants. The prize is one (1) Electric Bike valued at $2,000 and a $400 voucher for bicycle equipment from Bushtukah.
The winner must pay for anything not included in the above description.
The winner, and not the Contest Organizer or the persons on whose behalf the contest is held, is solely responsible for paying any taxes that may arise from the awarding of the prize.
DRAW
The winner will be randomly selected by computerized draw. The draw will be held on June 13, 2022, in the presence of witnesses, who are Desjardins employees, at the offices of the Contest Organizer, Desjardins Financial Centre – Downtown Ottawa, 250 Albert Street, Suite 101, Ottawa ON K1P 6M1.
The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
- To be declared a winner, the selected Entrant must:
- Be reached by telephone by the Contest Organizer within ten (10) days of the draw. The selected Entrant must be reached within two (2) attempts and will have forty-eight (48) hours to return the Contest Organizer's call after receiving a voicemail from the Contest Organizer, if applicable, failing which they will forfeit the prize;
- Confirm that they have met the eligibility conditions and other requirements in these contest rules;
- Correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill–testing question posed over the phone;
- Sign the declaration and release form (the "Declaration Form") sent to them by mail, email or fax and return it to the Contest Organizer within ten (10) business days of receipt.
Should the selected Entrant fail to meet any of the above-mentioned terms or any other condition in these contest rules, the selected Entrant will be disqualified and, at the Contest Organizer's discretion, the prize will be cancelled or a new draw will be held for the prize, in accordance with these contest rules, until an Entrant is selected and declared the prizewinner. In such a case, the same terms and conditions will apply and be adapted as necessary.
- Awarding of prizes. Within fifteen (15) days of receiving the Declaration Form, the Contest Organizer will send an email to the winner describing how to claim the prize. Should the selected Entrant refuse the prize, the Contest Organizer will be released from all obligations relating to the awarding of the prize and may, at its discretion, cancel the prize or hold a new draw in accordance with the procedure described in the previous paragraph.
- Verification. All entries and Declaration Forms may be subject to verification by the Contest Organizer. Any entry that is incomplete, inaccurate, illegible, mechanically reproduced, mutilated, fraudulent, registered or submitted late, contains an invalid telephone number or is otherwise non-compliant may be rejected and will not entitle the Entrant to the prize.
- Disqualification. Anyone who enters or attempts to enter this contest by means that do not comply with these contest rules or that are unfair to other Entrants (e.g., via hacking or using a voting group or false names) will be automatically disqualified and may be reported to the appropriate legal authorities.
- Contest operation. Any attempt to undermine the legitimate operation of this contest constitutes a violation of civil and criminal law. If any such attempts are made, the Contest Organizer reserves the right to reject the entrant's entries and obtain redress under the law.
- Acceptance of prizes. Prizes must be accepted as described in these contest rules and cannot, in any case, be transferred, in whole or in part, to anyone else, substituted for another prize or redeemed for cash, subject to the sole discretion of the Contest Organizer.
- Limitation of liability. If the Contest Organizer is unable to award the prize as described herein, it reserves the right to award a like prize of equal value or, at its sole discretion, to award the monetary value of the prize indicated herein. Under no circumstances will the Contest Organizer be required to award more prizes or to award a prize other than in accordance with these contest rules.
OR IF THERE ARE MORE PRIZES THAN ELIGIBLE ENTRANTS: In the event there are more prizes offered than Eligible Entrants, the Contest Organizer reserves the right to cancel the additional prizes.
- Limitation of liability: Use of prize. The winner releases the Contest Organizer and the persons on whose behalf the contest is held from any liability for damage that may arise from entering the contest or from accepting or using the prize. The winner acknowledges that upon receipt of the prize or the letter confirming that they have won the prize, fulfillment of prize-related obligations becomes the sole and exclusive responsibility of the various product and service providers. The winner undertakes to sign a declaration and release form to this effect. The winner acknowledges that the only applicable guarantee is the usual manufacturer's warranty.
- Limitation of liability: Contest operation. The Contest Organizer and the persons on whose behalf the contest is held cannot be held liable for any malfunction of any computer component, software or line of communication, the loss or absence of network communication, or any transmission that is faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible or deleted by any computer or network and which may limit or prevent any person from reading the contest rules. Furthermore, the Contest Organizer cannot be held liable for any loss or damage that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by any web page, software or other download or by the transmission of any information concerning contest entry. More specifically, if the administration, security, impartiality, integrity or operation of the contest is corrupted or seriously affected by reason of a virus, bug, alteration, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other reason, the Contest Organizer reserves the right to cancel, modify, extend or suspend the contest without prior notice.
- Limitation of liability: Facebook. Entrants acknowledge and accept that the Facebook site is not the property of and is not operated by the Contest Organizer, and nevertheless agree to comply with Facebook's terms of use. Any personal information collected for this contest is for the exclusive use of the Contest Organizer and will not be transmitted in any way to Facebook. Facebook is not associated with the contest, is not a contest sponsor and will not bear any liability for the contest.
- Limitation of liability: Receipt of entries. The Contest Organizer and the persons on whose behalf the contest is held cannot be held liable for entries that are lost, misdirected or late, including as a result of a postal service-related problem or any breakdown, for any reason whatsoever, of the website during the Contest Period, including any damage to an Entrant's computer or mobile device.
- Limitation of liability: Situation beyond the Contest Organizer's control. The Contest Organizer and the persons on whose behalf the contest is held cannot be held liable in any way whatsoever in the event their inability to act results from a fact or situation beyond their control, or from a strike, lockout or other labour dispute occurring in the organizations or companies whose services are used for contest operation.
- Contest changes. The Contest Organizer reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this contest in whole or in part should human intervention or an event take place that could alter or affect the administration, security, impartiality or operation of the contest as provided for in these contest rules. The Contest Organizer cannot be held liable should such an event or intervention occur.
- Termination of the contest. If the contest must be terminated, in whole or in part, for any reason whatsoever before the closing date provided in these contest rules, the Contest Organizer may, at its sole discretion, award the prizes by choosing from all eligible entries duly received up to the date of the event resulting in the termination of the contest.
- Under no circumstances will the Contest Organizer be required to award more prizes or to award a prize other than in accordance with these contest rules.
- Limitation of liability: Contest entry. By entering or attempting to enter the contest, Entrants agree to indemnify the Contest Organizer or persons on whose behalf the contest is held for any damage that may result from entering or attempting to enter the contest.
- By accepting the prize, the winner authorizes the Contest Organizer and the persons on whose behalf the contest is held and caisses belonging to the Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec to use, if required, their name, photo, likeness, voice, place of residence and prize statement for publicity purposes without any form of compensation.
- Communication with Entrants. There will be no communication or correspondence about this contest with Entrants, except as provided for in these rules or at the Contest Organizer's initiative or to obtain consent to use entries made without purchase or consideration.
- Personal information. Personal information about Entrants gathered in the course of the contest will be used solely to administer the contest. No communications, commercial or otherwise, unrelated to this contest will be sent to Entrants, unless they have otherwise agreed.
- Property. Entry forms and Declaration Forms are the property of the Contest Organizer and will not be returned to Entrants under any circumstances.
- Decisions. All Entrants must comply with these contest rules and with any decisions made by the Contest Organizer, which are final and binding.
- If a section of the contest rules is declared or deemed illegal, unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that section will be considered null and void, but all other sections that are not affected will be enforced to the extent permitted by law.
- These contest rules are available upon request from the team at Desjardins Financial Centre – Downtown Ottawa and Desjardins Ontario Credit Union at [email protected].
- In the event of a discrepancy between the French and English versions of these contest rules, the French version will prevail.
- The contest is subject to all applicable laws.