12-04-2019 12:04 AM - last edited on 12-26-2019 10:23 AM by Alan_K
Hey Community,
Here at Public Mobile, we love the holiday season. It’s the perfect time of year to spend time with loved ones and share gifts with the people you appreciate. This holiday season, we want to show you how much we appreciate you.
On top of the free data and international calling you can get during our 3 weeks of giving (see that Community post here), we’re giving away a whole lot of Amazon gift cards!
I’m intrigued… what could I win?
One of a whole lot of Amazon gift cards - 160 to be exact.
Cha-ching! How do I get in on this contest?
Let us know in a comment below... what is your favourite part about the holiday season? Do you look forward to seeing loved ones, bundling up for outdoor winter fun, giving (or getting) gifts, or doing nothing at all? We want to hear what makes this time of the year special for you. Once you comment, you’ll be entered into a random draw to win one of our prizes.
When and how will I know if I won?
Make sure to enter before December 25th 11:59PM ET for your chance to win. All the winners will be selected and contacted via private message the week of January 7th 2020. This Community post will also be updated with a list of the winners. A little way to start your year off right.
Happy Holidays! We can’t wait to hear from you!
Important details
CONTEST RULES
No Purchase Necessary. To enter entrants must share their favourite thing about the Holiday Season on the Public Mobile Community post. Only one entry per person accepted. No other form of participation is accepted. In the event of a dispute on the entrant identity, the person who is the holder of the email address specified on the online form will be deemed to be the entrant.
If your entry contains a person, other than the entrant, by entering the contest, you state that you have obtained consent from everyone in the photo. If your photo contains a minor (under the age of 18) parental or legal guardian consent is required.
Contest runs December 4 to December 25, 2019 at 11:59pm ET.
An Entry will be considered void and removed from the Community post if it contains subject matter that, in the opinion of the contest administrators, may violate community standards or is otherwise of questionable taste.
To be eligible, an entrant must be an existing Public Mobile customer and entry must be received on or before end of contest closing date and time. Entrants must be a Canadian resident who are 13 years of age or older and must be a member of the Public Mobile online Community. Contest not open to employees of TELUS Corporation, its affiliated companies or subsidiaries, its sales agents, its advertising and promotional agencies, and members with whom they are domiciled. By accepting these Contest Rules, entrants agree that any and all liability related to this contest by TELUS is limited to the value of the Prize(s) as defined hereinafter.
There will be one hundred and sixty (160) prizes awarded. Winners will receive one of the following prizes:
Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and with no substitutions, is/are not transferable unless set out in the Contest Rules and cannot be exchanged with Public Mobile for cash. Public Mobile reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a Prize of equivalent value if such prize becomes unavailable for any reason. The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.
A random draw for all Prizes will take place at the Public Mobile office located at 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario on or about January 7 2020 at approx 12:00PM ET by a TELUS representative. Selected entrants will be notified on the Public Mobile Community. If the selected entrant cannot be reached within two (2) business days, or if the selected entrant does not meet any of the contest requirements, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.
In order to win, the selected entrant must correctly answer unaided a mathematical skill-testing question and will be required to sign a standard release form via Google Forms. If the selected entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian must read and accept these Contest Rules. Failure to answer the skill-testing question correctly, comply with the Contest Rules or sign and return the release form within two (2) days of receipt will result in disqualification and another entry will be selected until the Prize is awarded. Prize will be delivered to the email address of the winner’s choice within (7) business days after prize has been awarded.
By entering the contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for publicity purposes in all media used by Public Mobile, without payment or compensation. Entrants agree to TELUS’ use of the entrants’ personal information that may include contacting you regarding limited time offers, promotional offers and/or surveys. Full details are as described in Public Mobiles’ privacy policy located at publicmobile.ca/termsofservice.
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a Prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
All entries become the property of Public Mobile. Public Mobile assumes no responsibility for lost, damaged or misdirected entries during the contest period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software and failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Public Mobile on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or failure of handset or mobile web browser. Public Mobile reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this contest without prior notice. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are mechanically reproduced, forged, falsified, altered, tampered with, not in accordance with Community standards or unlawful in any way. Entries submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that an entry has been made in an manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified. Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and the decisions of the contest judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
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12-07-2019 10:29 AM - edited 12-07-2019 10:33 AM
My Favorite time of the holidays is being with my loved ones and spending time with my family that i dont get to see normally. I also appreciate all the things that we have in our lives.
12-07-2019 10:20 AM
Family gathering the first. Give away the gifts to my love on the second.
12-07-2019 10:19 AM - edited 12-07-2019 10:20 AM
I work for the Salvation Army. We do alot for the community here and it makes Christmas extra special!! Merry Christmas...and Thanks Public.
12-07-2019 10:16 AM
Spending time with loved ones and enjoying the spirit with the family and looking at all the festive lights around 🙂 and of course stuffing face with turkey
12-07-2019 09:58 AM
Love the holidays as I get to spend time with my family
12-07-2019 09:47 AM
Spending time with Family and friends ! Waking up on Christmas morning and looking outside to a clear crisp day and thinking of the big turkey dinner aroma that will soon fill the air !! Of course the presents that will be given to loved ones too !!
12-07-2019 09:37 AM
My favourite part of the holidays is definitely ice skating, it’s a tradition for my family to go to a rink near our old house and skate until our feel turn blue!! Lol. But it’s an outdoor rink so nothing beats laying on the ice facing the sky and having snowflakes fall and melt on your face!!
12-07-2019 09:36 AM
My favorite part of the holiday season is spending time with family
12-07-2019 09:31 AM
Favorite part is to spend quality time with my family.
12-07-2019 09:27 AM
My favourite part of this season is having time off to visit with friends and family; and sitting by the fire with a good book and a cup of tea!
12-07-2019 09:24 AM
I love to just sit back and look at how the snow glisten in the sun. 😎❄️
12-07-2019 09:17 AM
My favourite things of the Christmas are the vacation days from work and get together with my friends! Thanks
@Tiana_V wrote:
Hey Community,
Here at Public Mobile, we love the holiday season. It’s the perfect time of year to spend time with loved ones and share gifts with the people you appreciate. This holiday season, we want to show you how much we appreciate you.
On top of the free data and international calling you can get during our 3 weeks of giving (see that Community post here), we’re giving away a whole lot of Amazon gift cards!
I’m intrigued… what could I win?
One of a whole lot of Amazon gift cards - 160 to be exact.
- 10 winners will get an $100 Amazon gift card
- 50 winners will get a $50 Amazon gift card
- 100 winners will get a $10 Amazon gift card
Cha-ching! How do I get in on this contest?
Let us know in a comment below... what is your favourite part about the holiday season? Do you look forward to seeing loved ones, bundling up for outdoor winter fun, giving (or getting) gifts, or doing nothing at all? We want to hear what makes this time of the year special for you. Once you comment, you’ll be entered into a random draw to win one of our prizes.
When and how will I know if I won?
Make sure to enter before December 25th 11:59PM ET for your chance to win. All the winners will be selected and contacted via private message the week of January 7th 2020. This Community post will also be updated with a list of the winners. A little way to start your year off right.
Happy Holidays! We can’t wait to hear from you!
- The Public Mobile Community Team
Important details
- The contest closes December 25th 2019 at 11:59PM ET.
- Winners will be selected on January 7th 2020 and will be contacted via private message on the Community
- We will also update this Community post with a list of the winners
- Must have an active Public Mobile account to enter. One entry per person
SpoilerCONTEST RULES
- HOW TO ENTER & ELIGIBILITY
No Purchase Necessary. To enter entrants must share their favourite thing about the Holiday Season on the Public Mobile Community post. Only one entry per person accepted. No other form of participation is accepted. In the event of a dispute on the entrant identity, the person who is the holder of the email address specified on the online form will be deemed to be the entrant.
If your entry contains a person, other than the entrant, by entering the contest, you state that you have obtained consent from everyone in the photo. If your photo contains a minor (under the age of 18) parental or legal guardian consent is required.
Contest runs December 4 to December 25, 2019 at 11:59pm ET.
An Entry will be considered void and removed from the Community post if it contains subject matter that, in the opinion of the contest administrators, may violate community standards or is otherwise of questionable taste.
To be eligible, an entrant must be an existing Public Mobile customer and entry must be received on or before end of contest closing date and time. Entrants must be a Canadian resident who are 13 years of age or older and must be a member of the Public Mobile online Community. Contest not open to employees of TELUS Corporation, its affiliated companies or subsidiaries, its sales agents, its advertising and promotional agencies, and members with whom they are domiciled. By accepting these Contest Rules, entrants agree that any and all liability related to this contest by TELUS is limited to the value of the Prize(s) as defined hereinafter.
- THE PRIZE
There will be one hundred and sixty (160) prizes awarded. Winners will receive one of the following prizes:
- One (1) of One Hundred (100) Amazon $10 eGift Card OR
- One (1) of Fifty (50) Amazon $50 eGift Card OR
- One (1) of Ten (10) Amazon $100 eGift Card
Prize(s) must be accepted as awarded and with no substitutions, is/are not transferable unless set out in the Contest Rules and cannot be exchanged with Public Mobile for cash. Public Mobile reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a Prize of equivalent value if such prize becomes unavailable for any reason. The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.
- THE DRAW
A random draw for all Prizes will take place at the Public Mobile office located at 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario on or about January 7 2020 at approx 12:00PM ET by a TELUS representative. Selected entrants will be notified on the Public Mobile Community. If the selected entrant cannot be reached within two (2) business days, or if the selected entrant does not meet any of the contest requirements, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.
In order to win, the selected entrant must correctly answer unaided a mathematical skill-testing question and will be required to sign a standard release form via Google Forms. If the selected entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian must read and accept these Contest Rules. Failure to answer the skill-testing question correctly, comply with the Contest Rules or sign and return the release form within two (2) days of receipt will result in disqualification and another entry will be selected until the Prize is awarded. Prize will be delivered to the email address of the winner’s choice within (7) business days after prize has been awarded.
- PRIVACY
By entering the contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for publicity purposes in all media used by Public Mobile, without payment or compensation. Entrants agree to TELUS’ use of the entrants’ personal information that may include contacting you regarding limited time offers, promotional offers and/or surveys. Full details are as described in Public Mobiles’ privacy policy located at publicmobile.ca/termsofservice.
- QUEBEC RESIDENTS
Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a Prize may be submitted to the Régie only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
- OTHER
All entries become the property of Public Mobile. Public Mobile assumes no responsibility for lost, damaged or misdirected entries during the contest period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software and failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Public Mobile on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or failure of handset or mobile web browser. Public Mobile reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this contest without prior notice. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are mechanically reproduced, forged, falsified, altered, tampered with, not in accordance with Community standards or unlawful in any way. Entries submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that an entry has been made in an manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified. Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and the decisions of the contest judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.
12-07-2019 09:17 AM
My favorite part of the holidays is spending time with family and friends enjoying a well-earned vacation from work. Happy holidays to one and all!
12-07-2019 09:11 AM
Best part about Christmas is all the yummy christmas treats!
12-07-2019 09:10 AM
I always suprised happy when I receive unexpected gift, like your free 1G data 🙂 Try to pass that happiness to someone else if I could. That is the season!
12-07-2019 08:55 AM
Extra days off at work are something I look forward to every year!:)
12-07-2019 08:47 AM
What a nice surprise...THANK YOU!!!
12-07-2019 08:47 AM
My favorite part is getting on my bicycle and cutting up the trails in the snow, I tried to upload a video but it's not supported, here's a pic before my ride, enjoy the snow, happy holidays.
12-07-2019 08:33 AM
Presents and cake!
12-07-2019 08:32 AM
Time to take stock of the previous year while thinking of what's to come. That and hot chocolate =P
12-07-2019 08:18 AM
My favourite part is resting and spending time with family!
Thank you!
12-07-2019 08:09 AM
I love finding/giving gifts that truly delight my loved ones! The surprise on their face is the best!!
12-07-2019 07:58 AM
Best part is spending time with the fam and seeing friends
12-07-2019 07:56 AM
Family of course but so far its been how Ive been treated since joining PM. what refreshing change from the big evil empire of bell lol
12-07-2019 07:41 AM
my favorite part of this season is the whole getting together with friends family and loved ones enjoying a beautiful meal and having stories and good laughs...as a child i enjoyed sitting in front of the fireplace with all the family wearing the brand new slippers and watching charlie browns xmas oliver twist or A miracle on 34th street....the holidays are about enjoy each other... family a good turkey and opening up your soul to the Xmas spirit...not gifts or all this spending money...best gifts i have kept for my entire life was ones made by people or even arts or crafts...merry xmas to you
12-07-2019 07:36 AM
My favourite part about the holiday season is gathering with family and friends, eating and drinking, exploring the city by public transit
12-07-2019 07:33 AM
How do I stop getting notification in my email inbox from this subject `Re: Win a $100 Amazon gift card with our More is Merrier Community contest!' and still be entered for the gift card contest? I have received 82 replys in my email inbox over an 8 hour period.
12-07-2019 07:28 AM
Watching my children open their gifts and see how excited they are🎅
12-07-2019 07:20 AM
Thi season is great, knowing that I don’t have to pay Rogers for my cell phone bill 🤨😂😎😁
12-07-2019 06:56 AM
My favourite part about Christmas is the new exciting energy that children have in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.