Terms & Conditions

1    DEFINITIONS

1.1 The words below, when used in these terms and conditions, shall have the meaning given here: 

• “Closing Date” shall have the meaning at 4.2.3.
• “Competition” shall have the meaning at 2.2.
• “Competition Page” shall have the meaning at 4.1.
• “Entry”/ “Entries” shall mean an entry/entries to a Competition.
• “Main Prize” shall have the meaning at 7.1 and 7.2.
• “Main Prize Winner” shall have the meaning at 6.3.
• “Opening Date” shall have the meaning at 4.2.2.
• “Team” shall have the meaning at 6.1.
• “Participant” shall mean a person who submits an Entry.
• “Prize” shall mean a Main Prize and any Runner-Up Prize.
• “Promoter” shall have the meaning at 2.1.
• “Runner-Up” shall have the meaning at 6.5.
• “Runner-Up Prize” shall have the meaning at 6.5.
• “Service” shall mean the website at www.winadesignerhandbag.com and www.winadesignerhandbag.co.uk.
• “Tie-Break” shall have the meaning at 6.4.
• “Winner” shall mean a Main Prize Winner and any Runner-Up.

2    THE PROMOTER

2.1 The “Promoter” is Win a Designer Handbag Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 14286700 whose registered office is at 4 Bansons Mews, High Street, Ongar, England, CM5 9FA.

2.2 The Promoter will provide skill based ‘Multiple Choice Question and Answer’ Competitions (each referred to as a “Competition”) which can be entered on the Service and which will result in the award of a Prize, subject to these terms and conditions.

3    ELIGIBILITY 

3.1 A Competition is open to all aged 16 years or over, except:

3.1.1 employees of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies;

3.1.2 employees of agents or suppliers of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies, who are professionally connected with a Competition or its administration;

3.1.3 professional advisers or anyone else connected with the development or operation of the Service or Competition in any way;

3.1.4 any person who is a member of the Team;

3.1.5 members of the immediate families or households of the persons listed at 3.1.1 – 3.1.4 above.

3.1.5      anyone who is a resident in a geographical location where Multiple Choice Question and Answer competitions are prohibited.

3.2 By entering a Competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any Prize you may win. The Promoter may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter a Competition.

3.3 The Promoter will not accept Entries, and reserves the right to disqualify Entries, that are:

3.3.1 automatically generated by computer;

3.3.2 completed by third parties;

3.3.3 incomplete;

3.3.4 joint submissions; or

3.3.5 submissions made on behalf of another person.

3.4 You may only have one account on the Service.

3.5 There is a limit of one-hundred and fifty (150) Entries per person for each Competition. If you exceed this limit, including by using multiple accounts, the Promoter reserves the right to void any Entries and if you have won a Prize, to award such Prize to the next eligible Participant and where the Prize has already been received to demand the return of such Prize forthwith.

3.6 If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, refuse or void any Entry.

4    COMPETITION DETAILS

4.1 Each Competition will have a separate page on the Service (a “Competition Page”).

4.2 Each Competition Page will detail for the respective Competition:

4.2.1 particulars of the bag which can be won in such Competition;

4.2.2 the time and date when a Competition will open (the “Opening Date”); and

4.2.3 the time and date when a Competition will close (the “Closing Date”).

4.3 A Competition will be open from the respective Opening Date to Closing Date.

4.4 There will be a winner regardless of how many tickets are sold.

5      HOW TO ENTER A COMPETITION 

5.1 To enter a Competition, you must register an online account on the Service and then submit an Entry. 

5.2 You can register an account online on the Service or sign into the Service via a social media account.  As part of your registration, you must provide your name, age, your mobile number, email address and full address. You must ensure that the details you provide to the Promoter are correct.  If you sign into the Service via a social media account, you must ensure that your name, age, email address and contact number on such social media accounts are correct and current.  The Promoter will not be responsible if it is unable to contact a Winner because the contact details provided directly or via a social media account are incorrect.

5.3 To submit an Entry you must complete the following steps:

5.3.1 you must select a Competition you wish to enter;

5.3.2 you will then be presented with a multiple choice question, you use must your skill and knowledge to answer the question;

5.3.3 once you have selected your answer, which will constitute your Entry/Entries, you will be required to pay for your Entry/Entries into the Competition;

5.3.4 when your payment for your Entry/Entries has cleared the Promoter will contact you by email to confirm your Entry into a Competition. 

5.4 By submitting an Entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.

5.5 For help with Entries, please contact us at team@winadesignerhandbag.com.

5.6 You may enter the competition for free by complying with the following conditions:

(a) send your entry on an unenclosed postcard by first class post to the Promoter at the following address: Win a Designer Handbag, Office 110983, PO Box 6945, London, W1A 6US .

(b) include with your entry the following information:

   (i) your full name.

   (ii) your address.

   (iii) a contact telephone number and email address; and

   (iv) your chosen competition, and your answer to the Competition Question.

(c) incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified.

(d) you may make multiple free entries for any competition (up to any limit placed on entries by the Promoter) but each free entry must be submitted and posted to the Promoter separately. Bulk entries will not be accepted as multiple entries and if a bulk entry is received, it will be counted as one single entry.

(e) by entering the competition, you are confirming that you are eligible to enter and accept these terms and conditions.

(f) your entry must be received by the Promoter prior to the Closing Date. Entries received after the Closing Date will not be entered into the random draw.

(g) the Promoter will not acknowledge receipt of your entry nor confirm if your answer to the Competition Question is correct.

(h) if the number of paid entries reaches any cap or limit before your free entry is received, you will not be entered into the draw.

(i) Entrants must have created an account on the Website for the free entry to be processed. All details on the postcard must correspond to the details on the account to receive the order confirmation and ticket number. Postal entries received without a registered account cannot be processed. Entrants must add an address to the related account for entries to be processed.

6    HOW A COMPETITION WILL BE JUDGED

6.1 The competition software (Lottery for WooCommerce) will pick a winner at random who has answered the question correctly within 5 days of the Closing Date.  The decision of the Team is final and binding and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into regarding their decision.

6.2 Within 5 days of the Closing Date, the winner will be announced. 

6.3 The winner of the Main Prize (the “Main Prize Winner”), will be a Participant who answered the question correctly

6.4 There will not be any “Tie-Break” situations

6.5 The Promoter will send the full names of the persons on a Team, to anyone who writes to the Promoter at the address set out above at 2.1, within 30 days of the Closing Date of the respective Competition, requesting details of the Team and who encloses a self-addressed envelope.

7    PRIZES

7.1 Subject to 7.2, the Main Prize in a Competition will be the bag specified on the respective Competition Page. 

7.2 At the discretion of the Promoter, the bag specified on the respective Competition Page may be substituted with a different bag – which will then constitute the Main Prize.

7.3 A Prize does not include any tax or duty which may be payable by a Winner to receive a Prize or which may become payable on receipt of a Prize. Any costs, including insurance, postage & packaging, incurred that are incidental to the fulfilment of the Prize are the responsibility of a Winner.

7.4 A Prize is not negotiable or transferable.

8    AWARDING A PRIZE 

8.1 The Promoter will attempt to contact a Winner personally as soon as practicable after the Winning answer has been selected, using the telephone number or email address provided by such Participant as part of their registration for an account on the Service or Entry.

8.2 If a Winner cannot be contacted within a period of 14 days of the Closing Date (which period may be extended at the election of the Promoter), or a Winner is disqualified as a result of breaching these terms and conditions, that Winner will forfeit the Prize and it will be awarded to a different random Participant with the correct Entry.  If a Prize has been forfeited, the original Winner will have no further claim against the Promoter.

8.3 Before a Prize will be delivered/transferred, a Winner will be required to provide a valid Photo ID to the Promoter to confirm their age and identity and a Winner will be required to prove they were validly permitted to use the payment method used to purchase an Entry.  Should a Participant not complete these obligations, the Promoter reserves the right to disqualify the Participant’s Entry and choose an alternate winner.

8.4 Subject to compliance with 8.2 and 8.3 above, a Prize will be delivered to a Winner within 14 days from the date the Winner provided any required documents in accordance with clause 8.3.

8.5 A Prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf.

8.6 A list of Winners can be viewed on the Service.

9   LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

9.1 The Promoter will not accept:

9.1.1 responsibility for any Entry/Entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit, 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

9.1.2 proof of transmission as proof of receipt of an Entry.

9.2 The Promoter makes no representations or warranties as to the quality/suitability of any of the goods or services offered as Prizes.

9.3 The Promoter does not accept any responsibility if a Participant is not able to take up a Prize.

9.4 Except for liability for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the Promoter, the Promoter shall not be liable for any loss suffered or sustained to any person or property including, but not limited to, consequential (including economic) loss by reason of any act or omission by the Promoter, or its servants or agents, in connection with the arrangement for supply, or the supply, of any goods or Prizes by any person to a Winner, or in connection with any Competition.

9.5 The Promoter shall use reasonable endeavours to award the Prize to the correct Participant. If due to reasons of hardware, software or other computer related failure, or due to human error the Prize is awarded incorrectly, the Promoter reserves the right to reclaim a Prize and award it to the correct Participant, at its sole discretion and without admission of liability.

9.6 In the event that a Competition is closed with no winner chosen, the Promoter will, at the Promoter’s discretion, either give all Participants credit to enable them to purchase Entries in a subsequent Competition or provide Participants with a refund.

9.7 Refunds can be requested by logging into your account and requesting a refund or emailing us at team@winadesignerhandbag.com stating your order number and the competition title.

10    OWNERSHIP OF ENTRIES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 

10.1 All Entries and any accompanying material submitted to the Promoter will become the property of the Promoter on receipt and will not be returned.

10.2 By submitting your Entry and any accompanying material, you agree to:

10.2.1 assign to the Promoter all your intellectual property rights with full title guarantee; and

10.2.2 waive all moral rights, in and to your Entry and otherwise arising in connection with your Entry to which you may now or at any time in the future be entitled under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as amended from time to time and under all similar legislation from time to time in force anywhere in the world.

10.3 You agree that the Promoter may, but is not required to, make your Entry available on the Service and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future, and in connection with any publicity of a Competition.

11   DATA PROTECTION AND PUBLICITY 

11.1 If you are a Winner, you agree that the Promoter may use your name and county of residence to announce a Winner of a Competition and for any other reasonable and related promotional purposes.

11.2 By entering a Competition, you agree that any personal information provided by you with an Entry may be held and used only by the Promoter or its agents and suppliers to administer a Competition.

12    GENERAL 

12.1 If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in a Competition.

12.2 The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend a Competition where it becomes necessary to do so.

12.3 These terms and conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Terms updated on 20th October 2022.