Competition T&Cs

Sneak Energy Competition

 

Terms and Conditions relating to YEAR OF THE BUNNY: WIN A TRIP TO JAPAN

 

The promoter of “YEAR OF THE BUNNY: WIN A TRIP TO JAPAN” (“Prize Draw“) is Sneak Energy Limited (company number 10187480) of Queens House, 4th Floor, 32/34 Queen Street, Manchester, M2 5HT, United Kingdom (“Promoter“).

 

1. Eligibility
1. This Prize Draw is open to individuals in the UK, US and the countries of Europe referenced below**, except for employees of the Promoter, their immediate family, sponsors of the Prize Draw and their employees who are directly associated with the administration of the Prize Draw.

**Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. 

1. Entrants must be over 18 to enter the Prize Draw. The Promoter reserves the right to obtain proof of age and to refuse entry or to choose another winner if satisfactory proof of age, where requested, is not provided.
2. By submitting an entry you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
3. In entering the Prize Draw, you confirm that it is lawful for you to do so in your country/state of residence and therefore that you are eligible to enter and to claim the prize if you win.  The Promoter may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition and to claim the Prize if you win without breaching any law in your country/state of residence.
4. Any breach of these Terms and Conditions is grounds for the Promoter to disqualify an entry or to withhold the Prize from the Winner if breach is discovered after the Winner is selected. If the winning entry is disqualified, the Promoter can give the Prize to another person who entered the Prize Draw.
5. The Promoter’s decision in respect of the Prize Draw is final and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence with any persons other than the Winner in relation to it.

 

1. How to Enter
1. To enter the Prize Draw entrants must:
1. Use the Promoter’s Sneak Mecha Bunny MK1 filter on Instagram to create a video and post that video to their Instagram account feed.  There is no minimum or maximum length video.
2. Entrants who only post to their stories will not be counted.
3. The entrant’s post must:
1. Tag @Sneakenergy’s Instagram account. 
2. Tag the Instagram account of the guest they would take to Japan if they won.
3. Include the hashtag #sneakyearofthebunny in the caption of the post.
2. The entrant’s account on Instagram must follow @Sneakenergy on Instagram at the closing date of the Prize Draw.  There is no charge involved in any of the requirements.  

1. Entries must be received by the Promoter between 4pm BST 31 May 2023 and 11:59pm 14 June 2023 to be valid.  Entries received before or after those times will not be valid.  

1. No bulk, third party or automated entries are permitted.

1. The Promoter will not accept: (i) responsibility for entries that do not meet the above requirements or that are not registered for any reason, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or (ii) proof of transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the Prize Draw.  Proof of submission of an entry is not proof of entry into the Prize Draw.

1. The Prize will not be awarded on the basis of any perceived merit, skill or quality of the entry.

1. Entrants can enter the Prize Draw as many times as they want subject to each entry meeting the above criteria.  

1. There is no requirement to purchase any products of the Promoter in order to enter the Prize Draw.

1. By submitting a video you confirm that you have a licence to use any materials that appear in it.  The Promoter may exclude from entry any video which it considers may be in breach of any third party’s rights.

1. By tagging an account of any other person you confirm you have the right to do so.

1. Any entry that is deemed by the Promoter, in its sole discretion, to be unlawful, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, hateful, threatening, discriminatory, offensive, in breach of any third party’s intellectual property rights or which may otherwise bring the Prize Draw or Promoter into disrepute will be excluded from the Prize Draw and the Promoter reserves the right to take any further action in respect of such Entry that it deems appropriate.

1. The Promoter will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing the Promoter to disclose the identity of or to locate anyone posting or linking any content to its Instagram pages which infringes any third party rights or is in breach of any of these Terms and Conditions or any applicable law.
2. The Promoter reserves the right to ask entrants to untag their entries from the Promoter’s Instagram account where the Promoter considers they violate (k) above. 

1. Winner Selection and Contact

1. The winner will be selected by a random computer-generated draw from all eligible entries received during the promotional period no later than 11:59pm on 15/06/2023 (“Winner”).  
2. The Promoter will contact the Winner personally as soon as practicable by directly messaging the Winner’s Instagram account submitted with the Winner’s entry AND by tagging the Winner in the competition post from the Promotor’s @sneakenergy account.  The Winner will be required to provide a postal address in order to claim the Prize. 
3. If the Winner fails to contact the Promoter to claim the Prize within 48 hours of the Promoter first contacting the Winner then the Promoter acting in its absolute discretion may:
1. make further attempts to contact the Winner; and/or
2. withdraw the Prize from the Winner.

1. If the Prize is declined by the Winner or is withdrawn from the Winner by the Promoter may offer the Prize to a new Winner by random selection in accordance with this clause 3.

1. The Winner should inform the Promoter when claiming the Prize if the Winner or guest has any accessibility needs, in order that the Promoter can take steps to support the Winner.  If a carer is required then the carer would need to be the guest taken by the Winner (or the Winner will be responsible for the costs of the carer).

1. The Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place. To comply with this obligation the Promoter will publish the surname and country of the Winner on the Promoter’s Instagram account after selection of the Winner.  If you object to any or all of your surname and country being published, please contact the Promoter by email at info@sneakenergy.com. In such circumstances, the Promoter must still provide the information to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.

 

1. Prize
1. The Winner will win: 

1. A 5-night holiday for 2 adults (meaning persons over the age of 18) in a Classic King room on a bed & breakfast board basis in Osaka, Japan, up to the maximum value of £800.00.  Lunch and evening meals are not included and is the responsibility of the Winner.  Mini bar charges and other bar charges incurred by the Winner are the responsibility of the Winner.  
2. Return semi-flex economy flights for 2 people only, up to the maximum value of £1000.00 per person, from any UK, USA and European base that flies to Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan.  This includes 1 free item of checked baggage up to 23kg per person and one piece of carry-on luggage up to 7kg (bag must not exceed 56 x 36 x 23 cm) per person.  
3. Two Pasmo Cards pre-loaded with £100 per card, intended to cover public transport/transfers in Japan, including (up to the limit above) transfer to and from the airport and the hotel as well as Universal Studios and other areas within Osaka.
4. Two Universal Studios two-day standard entry passes, including express premium passes to Super Nintendo World.  Any upgrade pass is at the cost of the Winner.  The Winner is responsible for ensuring that Universal Studios’ rules are followed, including any COVID-19 guidelines.  No guarantee is given that Universal Studios will be open, whether in whole or part, including due to extreme weather.  Height, health and weight restrictions may apply to certain attractions.   
5. £500 (or equivalent local currency of the Winner) spending money sent to the Winner’s bank account via BACS in order to clear before departure.  

The cards and passes referenced in (iii) and (iv) will be sent to the Winner prior to departure. 

1. “Year of the Bunny” Sneak Merchandise for the Winner and a friend who will each receive:

• 1 x “Year of the Bunny” Collectors Boxes (Tub, Shaker and 2 x packs of Collectors Cards)
• 1 x “Year of the Bunny” Toy
• 1 x “Year of the Bunny” Sticker Pack.

These items will be dispatched to the Winner and friend within 30 days of the date of selection of the Winner.

1. The Prize does not include anything not expressly referenced in these Terms and Conditions, and the relevant costs are the responsibility of the Winner, including:
1. Transfers to and from the relevant airport of departure. 
2. Optional flight/board/accommodation/baggage supplements.
3. Travel insurance. 
4. Car hire (and associated costs)
5. Phone calls and data roaming charges.
2. Any other costs incurred in addition to those set out above, such as food and drink, tax or personal expenses, and/or that are incidental to the fulfilment of the Prize are the responsibility of the Winner.
3. The Prize is non-transferable and non-refundable, and the Winner cannot request any alternative prize (cash or otherwise) or sell the Prize.  The Promoter can substitute the Prize for a prize of equivalent or greater value, including a cash equivalent, if this is necessary for reasons beyond its control.

 

1. Travel Booking for the Winner

1. The Winner and selected guest must have a valid passport to travel, and must meet all relevant visa and/or other entry requirements for Japan, including any health or medical screening requirements.  Costs involved in meeting the above requirements are the responsibility of the Winner.   Any inoculations required for travel to Japan are the responsibility of the Winner.
2. Any bookings required in respect of the Prize will be managed by the Promoter in discussion with the Winner.   
3. The Prize must be booked by 31 December 2023 and the trip taken by the 31 May 2024 (which may be more than 30 days after the closing date for the Prize Draw).  The Winner and guest must travel on the same itinerary and at the same time as the Winner.  If the Prize is not booked by the stated date, it will be deemed forfeited and the Promoter reserves the right to award the Prize to another randomly selected entry.
4. The Winner and guest are required to take out their own travel insurance (to include cancellation cover up to the value of £5,000 each) and evidence of insurance must be provided back to the Promoter on request. Failure to do so may result in the Promoter withdrawing the Prize from the Winner and awarding to another randomly selected entry. Sneak Energy will contribute up to £30 per person for Travek Insurance cover. 
5. Once booked, dates and times may not be changed. The Winner and guest are responsible for arriving at the travel departure point on time.
6. The flight carrier reserves the right to amend or cancel flights or holidays for any reason without prior notice, and the Promoter does not guarantee flight schedules.  The flight carriers own terms and conditions apply to the Winner and guest once flights are booked and when the Winner and guest are on the flight carriers aircraft. 

 

1. Behaviour of the Winner and Guest

 

1. The Winner and guest must comply with all applicable laws in Japan and all terms and conditions of any places or events they may visit, and those of any suppliers.
2. The Winner and guest during and after the taking of the Prize must not act in a manner that brings the Prize Draw or the Promoter into disrepute or otherwise damages the Promoter. If requested by the Promoter the Winner will remove any tags to the Promoter and any references to the Prize Draw or the Promoter in the Winner’s own feed where the Promoter reasonably considers any such tags or references brings the Prize Draw or the Promoter into disrepute or otherwise damages the Promoter.

 

1. Winner Publicity
1. By entering the Prize Draw, if you are the Winner you agree without charge to your entry being published on the Promoter’s official social media accounts, including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and on its website found at www.sneakenergy.com, and to take part in and cooperate without charge with such reasonable publicity as the Promoter may reasonable request.
2. The Winner additionally agrees to tag the Promoter in posts posted on Instagram while taking the Prize.  If requested by the Promoter, the Winner will remove any tags or posts to the Promoter. 

 

1. Liability
1. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the Winner (or guest) or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the Prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. The Winner’s statutory rights are not affected. 

 

1. General
1. The Promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the Prize Draw or these Terms and Conditions if it has reasonable grounds for doing so. Any changes to the Prize Draw or these Terms and Conditions will be announced by the Promoter through its Instagram accounts.  

1. The Promoter will Conditions process personal data of entrants for the purpose of administration of the Prize Draw and in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy which can be found on the Promoter’s website at www.sneakenergy.com. 

1. These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law. If any entrants to this Prize Draw wish to take court proceedings, then they must do this within the courts in the United Kingdom.

1. Universal Studios is not a promoter of this Prize Draw and are not responsible for the administration of the Prize Draw, the collection of entries, or the selection of the Winner.