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SMS (text) and SMS Competition terms and conditions

  1. Competition Entrants are required to send the required keyword and answer to the advertised SMS Service number (65101). Entry will cost you 1 x Standard Network Rate SMS cost. Please get permission from the person who pays the bill.
  2. No responsibility can be accepted for lost, delayed or incomplete entries to the competition. Any such entries will be deemed void.
  3. Employees of IDG Communications and their relatives, any agents or promotional partners involved are ineligible to enter.
  4. IDG Communication’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  5. The prize cannot be exchanged for cash in part or whole. Prizes are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged.
  6. The winner will be notified by phone on the number they used to enter the competition.
  7. In the event that a winner fails to answer the call promptly within 6 rings or is engaged then IDG Communications will select another winner at random. The promoter's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  8. The name of the winner will be made available upon request.
  9. The prize will be arranged by IDG Communications or one of its selected promotional partners.
  10. All entrants must be aged 18 years or over, anyone under 18 should gain parental/guardian consent. IDG Communications reserves the right to verify the eligibility of entrants and check their age and identity. Competitions may specify separate age restrictions and where advertised, such restrictions will supersede this rule.
  11. The promoter and partner has arranged this competition in good faith and cannot accept liability in any matter relating to the prizes whatsoever.
  12. The competition is provided by IDG Communications – 101 Euston Road, London NW1 2RA. For enquiries (not competition entry) please contact 020 7756 2800 and quote "SMS Mobile Competition".
  13. By entering the competition you accept these terms and conditions, and agree to participate in any publicity associated with this promotion. If the winner fails to agree to these terms and conditions they will be automatically excluded from the competition.
  14. Details are correct at the time of publication but are subject to change without prior notice.
  15. By sending SMS messages to IDG Communications, you agree that IDG Communications, and it's selected partners may send no-cost return messages, at any time post receipt of your message for the purposes of advertising and marketing - this may include generalised marketing messages as well as select opportunities to enter future competitions.
  16. To opt out of advertising and marketing messages from IDG Communications, text STOP IDG to 65101.
  17. IDG Communications reserves the right to cancel or amend any competition, these rules or any specific rules at any time without prior notice. IDG Communications may at any time, without notice, issue further terms and conditions to be read in conjunction with these rules.
  18. No responsibility can be accepted for entries or claimants that are lost, delayed or damaged or otherwise affected by matters outside our control.
  19. IDG Communications shall not be responsible for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering, or being unable to enter, any competition or as a result of accepting any competition prize. Neither shall it be held responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line system, servers or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet, telephone lines or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in a Competition.