Official Contest Rules
Polaris Parts Online Official Rules
Each Polaris Parts Online contest (“Contest”) is offered by Polaris Parts Online (“Contest Sponsor”) and is administered by the Contest Sponsor.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER.
General Contest Information
Go to our Facebook Group or website to find Contest Details (“Contest Details’) for the Polaris Parts Online Contests which are underway at any time.
You can play and receive entries into the drawings for a chance to win the prize or prizes for each Contest as set out in Rule 4 below. You can obtain a free entry without making a purchase also as described in Rule 4 below. The following rules apply to each Contest.
CONTEST RULES
- Contest Dates
The “Contest Start Date” and the “Contest End Date” are set out in the Contest Details for each Contest. The Contest begins as 12:01 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (“MST”) on the Contest Start Date and is scheduled at 11:59 p.m. MST on the Contest End Date. The period between the Contest Start Date and the Contest End Date is known as the “Contest Period’.
- Contest Prize/Prizes
The prize or prizes for each Contest are set out in the Contest Details for that Contest (“Contest Prize”)
- Who Can Play
The Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada who are individuals and who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence as of the Contest Start Date. Polaris Parts Online reserves the right to require proof of age and jurisdiction of residence prior to awarding any prize. Employees, agent and representatives of Polaris Parts Online and its affiliates and its advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to win, nor are the spouse, parents, children, or any person that resides with any such employee, agent or representative.
- How to Enter
(a) Purchase Entry: Purchase as many tickets as you like or one of the qualifying products specified in the Contest Details from the Polaris Parts Online store and receive an entry for that Contest. You may receive more than one entry for certain Contests if specified in the Contest Details. You must provide your complete residential address, phone number and a valid e-mail address. All purchases must be made and payment received in full by 11:59 p.m. MST on the Contest End Date.
(b) No Purchase Entry. You can obtain a No Purchase Entry without making a purchase by clearly printing the Contest Name from the Contest Details, your name, complete residential address, phone number and a valid e-mail address on a 3” x 5” card and signing your name at the bottom of the card; mailing the card together with:
(i)1 original color photograph of yourself participating in an outdoor activity such as quading, hunting, sledding, fishing and the like, and
(ii) An original 500 word essay describing why you like participating in the activity shown in your enclosed photograph and an original signature on the back of the photograph. 1 free entry per contest per customer. in an envelope with proper postage to: “Polaris Parts Online Contest” c/o P.O. Box 239, La Crete, AB T0H 2H0. Your face in each photograph must be readily identifiable. New photographs must be submitted with each No Purchase Entry request and photographs previously submitted in any Contest will not qualify. The essay must be written by you and not copied, in whole or in part, from another essay or another source, and a new essay must be submitted with each No Purchase Entry request. An essay previously submitted in any Contest will not qualify. All No Purchase Entries must be delivered to Polaris Parts Online at the above address by 11:59 p.m. MST on the Contest End Date to qualify. Polaris Parts Online is not responsible for any lost, late, damaged, incomplete, illegible, misdirected, undeliverable, or postage due mail.
(c) All entries become the property of Polaris Parts Online and will not be returned.
(d) Polaris Parts Online will combine qualifying No Purchase Entries and Purchase Entries prior to the drawing for the prize of each Contest.
- Odds
Odds for winning any prize depend upon the number of valid entries received for that Contest.
- Winner Selection, Notification and Skill Testing Question
(a) Draws will be held as follows:
(i) Draws will take place via a recorded screen share and posted usually within 2 business days of verification of all qualified entries.
(ii) Potential winners will be determined at random using the randomizer at Random.org
(iii) The first name selected will be announced on the recording and that person will be notified by their name being posted on the Facebook page and being tagged on our Facebook page.
(iv) Any person whose name is selected must answer a mathematical skill testing question without the use of a calculator, computer or other mechanical aid, with the person having 5 minutes and 1 chance to answer the question correctly. Skill testing questions will be conducted by way of a recorded video call.
(v) If the first name selected does not answer the question correctly as required in (iv), a second name will be selected at random by repeating the above process, via live Facebook broadcast. If the second name selected does not answer the question as required in (iv), then a third name will be selected at random by repeating the above process and giving the third name the skill testing question.
(vi) In the event that all 3 names are unable to answer the skill testing question correctly as required in (iv), the first name selected will be provided with a new mathematical skill testing question. In the event the first name selected is unable to answer the question correctly as required in (iv), the second name selected will be provided with the new skill testing question. In the event that the second name selected is unable to answer correctly as required in (iv), the third name selected will be provided with the new mathematical skill testing question. This process will continue until an individual whose name was selected answers the mathematical skill testing question correctly as required in (iv). That person shall be declared the winner and their name shall be posted on the Facebook page as the winner of the Contest in question.
(vii) The Contest Sponsor will make at least 3 attempts to contact the person whose name is selected using the phone number or e-mail address provided at the time of entry. If contact cannot be made with the person and the recorded video call for the skill testing question carried out within 3 days of the day the name is selected for the first skill testing question or within 2 days of the day the person is entitled to be provided with the second or a subsequent skill testing question, the person shall be disqualified from the Contest in question. The Contest Sponsor, may at its sole discretion, extend the time if circumstances warrant an extension.
(b) As a condition of awarding any Contest Prize, the Contest Sponsor may, at its discretion, require the winner to sign and return to the Contest Sponsor within 7 days of receipt a Statement of Compliance and Release Agreement under which, among other matters, the winner confirms his/her compliance and eligibility with these Official Rules and releases and indemnifies Polaris Parts Online, its employees, agents, representatives and advertising and promotional agencies from all claims, damages and causes of action arising or to arise by reason of the acceptance of or the use of the prize (“Release Agreement”). A Release Agreement may not be required for all Contests. If a winner refuses or fails to return the Release Agreement within the time required, or is deemed ineligible to receive a prize for any reason, the winner may be disqualified and will deemed to have forfeited the Contest Prize in question. The Release Agreement is in addition to the release and discharge provisions set out in Rule 9.
(c) You will be contacted only in the event your name is selected.
- Delivery of Contest Prizes
(a) Any Contest Prizes that cannot be shipped or mailed using Canada Post, or a similar delivery service, must be claimed at a place specified by the Contest Sponsor in the Province of Alberta within 15 days of the date the winner is declared. It is intended that this provision will apply to larger Contest Prizes only.
(b) When the Contest Prize is of a nature that can be mailed or shipped through Canada Post or a similar delivery service, the winner shall, within 7 days of a request by the Contest Sponsor provide the Contest Sponsor in writing with the address to which the Contest Prize can be mailed or shipped. The cost of mailing or shipping is the responsibility of the winner, unless the Contest Sponsor indicates otherwise.
- Publicity
Acceptance of a prize or submission of a prize constitutes permission for Polaris Parts Online to use your name, photograph or other likeness for advertising, marketing, public relations or other promotional purposes in any media without limitation or further compensation.
- Release and Discharge
As a condition of entering any Contest, the entrant, his/her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns release and forever discharge Polaris Parts Online, its employees, agents, representatives, affiliates and advertising and promotional agencies from and against, any and all Claims (which term includes without limitation all costs and liabilities of any kind [including solicitor fees], actions, claims, causes of actions or proceedings for damages), including any claims arising from any act of negligence of Polaris Parts Online, its employees, agents, representatives, affiliates and advertising and promotional agencies, that the entrant now has or may hereafter have against any one or more of them, directly or indirectly resulting or arising from:
(a) participation in the Contest;
(b) the manner in which the draw selection process is carried out and a winner determined;
(c) the awarding and acceptance of the Contest Prize;
(d) the use or misuse of the Contest Prize.
It is understood there may be risks of bodily injury, death or property damage associated with the use or misuse of any Contest Prize and you voluntarily assume these risks.
- General
(a) Contest Prizes shall be accepted “as is”. It is understood that the Contest Sponsor and any of its employees, agents, representatives, affiliates and advertising and promotional agencies have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, including but not limited to any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose regarding the Contest Prize.
(b) The winner may be required to pay taxes associated with the awarding of any Contest Prize.
(c) Any claim or dispute with respect to the Contest, the Contest Prize or these Rules shall be governed by the laws of Canada and of Alberta and any proceedings in relation to such claim or dispute shall be resolved exclusively by the Courts of Alberta and any such claims or disputes or proceedings relating thereto shall be dealt with exclusively in the Judicial Centre of Lethbridge in the Province of Alberta.