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France Media Ltd
An ad for a competition to win a balloon flight broke the rules for not awarding the advertised prize or a reasonable equivalent, and for not making clear significant information.
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Nestlé UK Ltd
A competition promoted on coffee packaging broke the rules by not presenting significant conditions clearly enough.
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Candy Coat Ltd
A website for Candy Coat, www.lovecandycoat.com, a nail polish company, seen in January 2019, featured a section on a customer’s logged-in account titled “Ways to earn”, with an instruction to “Place an order”, followed by the claim “1 Gumball for every £1 spent”.
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News Group Newspapers Ltd t/a The Sun
A promotion for free tickets to Legoland, seen on the ‘Superdays’ web page of The Sun website www.thesun.co.uk, on 13 April 2019, included the text “GET TWO FREE TICKETS- SIMPLY COLLECT NINE CODES WITH The Sun SAVERS TO PICK YOUR DATE…STEP 1 JOIN NOW TO PICK YOUR DATE…Download the Sun Savers app or join at sunsavers.co...
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Peter Wilson t/a Bearthecheekychow
A promotion run on Instagram was administered unfairly.
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Amazon Europe Core Sarl
An Amazon website ad for Prime was banned for breaking the rules around misleadingness and qualification.
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Raffle House Ltd
Ads on a website, Facebook and via email for a property raffle broke our rules around misleadingness for not awarding the prize stated, or a reasonable equivalent, and for exaggerating the value of a prize previously awarded
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Virgin Wine Online Ltd
An email for a wine deal was misleading and broke the promotions rules.
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TheHut.com Ltd t/a Zavvi
An email sent by an online retailer misleadingly claimed entrants had won tickets to the UEFA Champions League Final.
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Hydro Solutions Fylde Ltd t/a Elite Competitions
Two online ads were banned for not adequately disclosing significant conditions for a promotion, as they didn't draw sufficient attention to a free way to enter a competition.
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Ogilvie Promotions Ltd
A promotion featured on www.millionairemansion.co.uk, seen on various dates in 2018, which offered the opportunity to win a house. Text stated “WIN THIS MILLIONAIRE MANSION FOR £10 Plus 50p Booking Fee Per Transaction… YOUR CHANCE TO WIN! For a chance to win one of the following prizes, simply buy a ...
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Raffle House Ltd
A Facebook post and website for Raffle House, offering the opportunity to win a house: a. The post on Raffle House’s Facebook page, seen on 6 November 2018, featured the text “Have you checked out our new play then pay process? Increase your chances to win today, risk free!”. b. The website www....
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Win a Mega Home Ltd
A tweet posted on 30 December 2018 and two radio ads heard in December 2018, promoted a raffle competition to win a house. a. The tweet, posted by Win A Mega Home, stated, "You have until tomorrow to buy a ticket to win this house!" b. The first radio ad stated: "Dear Santa, I've been terribly ...
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Nespresso UK Ltd
An email promotion from Nespresso, received on 29 October 2018, offered a free milk frother. Text stated “Stock up on your favourite Nespresso coffees and we’ll treat you to a complimentary Aeroccino4 Milk Frother.* Simply order 400 capsules before 11th November to enjoy milky coffee creations worthy of any...
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Susan DeVere t/a Win Your Castle
The Orchardton Castle Facebook page, seen on 5 February 2018, stated “BUY AN ENTRY AND GET A FREE ENTRY WITH FACEBOOK. Share and like OUR PAGE on Facebook - fill in a form from our site Don’t forget to fill in the question answers [sic]. thank you. https://winacastle.co.uk https://winyourcastle.com https://...
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JD Sports Fashion Plc
Media: Internet (on own site)
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John Lewis Partnership plc
Media: National press, Internet (social networking), Point of sale
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
MyCityDeal Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Specsavers Optical Group Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
TheHut.com Ltd
Media: E-mail
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Vectone Mobile Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Appliances, electronics and machinery -
Kettle Foods Ltd
Media: Packaging
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
L'Oréal (UK) Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
TalkTalk Telecom Ltd
Media: E-mail
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Pricing and charges -
Tapi Carpets & Floors Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site), Point of sale
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Pricing and charges -
www.axparis.co.uk Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
ADIDAS (UK) Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Boots UK Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site), Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Pricing and charges -
Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Ltd
Media: E-mail
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Freedom Travel Group
Media: Internet (sales promotion)
Topic: Promotions and competitions, Pricing and charges -
Intuit Ltd
Media: Internet (OMOW)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Spotify Ltd
Media: Internet (on own site)
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Maple Syrup Media Ltd t/a Quidco.com
Topic: Promotions and competitions
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The Works Stores Ltd
Media: E-mail
Topic: Promotions and competitions -
Shell International Limited
Media: Radio
Topic: Promotions and competitions