Terms and Conditions

RPM Anniversary Competition

  1. The promoter

    1. The promoter is: Auto Trader Limited of 1 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester M15 4FN (“Promoter” or “Auto Trader”).

  2. The competition

    1. The title of the competition is “RPM Anniversary Competition”.
    2. On each of day from 1st November 2021 to 5th November 2021 inclusive (“Competition Period”), Auto Trader shall post one question at 8:00am on each of the following social media accounts: (i) @ATInsight on Twitter, (ii) @autotraderinsight on Instagram, and (ii) Auto Trader Insight on LinkedIn.
    3. The prize promotion shall consist of 5 individual prize competitions, with each competition corresponding to one of the 5 questions referred to at clause 2.2. above. To submit a competition entry to each of the 5 individual competitions, entrants must answer the relevant question posted by Auto Trader for such day by including their answer in the comments section of Auto Trader’s post on the relevant social media platform. Entrants may enter one of more of the individual competitions.
    4. In respect of the question posted by Auto Trader on 4th November 2021, one winner will be picked at random from all entrants who submit a response to the question in accordance with these terms and conditions and who meet the eligibility criteria set out in these terms and conditions. In respect of the other 4 questions posted by Auto Trader during the Competition Period, only entrants who submit the correct answer to such questions shall be eligible to be entered into a prize draw for each question. One winner will be picked at random for each of such 4 questions from all entrants who submitted the correct response to the corresponding question in accordance with these terms and conditions and who meet the eligibility criteria set out in these terms and conditions.
    5. Each of the 5 winners (one for each question) will win a £50 Amazon voucher.

  3. How to enter

    1. The prize promotion will run in respect of each question posted by Auto Trader as follows:
      1. Question 1 (1st November 2021): from 8:00am on 1st November 2021 (the "Opening Date") to 17:00 on 5th November 2021 (the "Closing Date");
      2. Question 2 (2nd November 2021): from 8:00am on 2nd November 2021 (the "Opening Date") to 17:00 on 5th November 2021 (the "Closing Date");
      3. Question 3 (3rd November 2021): from 8:00am on 3rd November 2021 (the "Opening Date") to 17:00 on 5th November 2021 (the "Closing Date");
      4. Question 4 (4th November 2021): from 8:00am on 4th November 2021 (the "Opening Date") to 17:00 on 5th November 2021 (the "Closing Date"); and
      5. Question 5 (5th November 2021): from 8:00am on 5th November 2021 (the "Opening Date") to 17:00 on 5th November 2021 (the "Closing Date").
    2. All competition entries which do not comply with these terms and conditions and/or which are received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
    3. To enter each competition, entrants must:
      1. meet the eligibility criteria in clause 4 below;
      2. in respect of the question posted by Auto Trader on 4th November 2021, answer the corresponding question by including their answer in the comments section of Auto Trader’s post on one of the relevant social media platforms (being one of (i) @ATInsight on Twitter, (ii) @autotraderinsight on Instagram, and (ii) Auto Trader Insight on LinkedIn); and
      3. in respect of the other 4 questions, answer the corresponding question by including the correct answer in the comments section of Auto Trader’s post on the relevant social media platform (being one of (i) @ATInsight on Twitter, (ii) @autotraderinsight on Instagram, and (ii) Auto Trader Insight on LinkedIn). Only entries containing the correct answer shall be eligible for the random prize draw for each question.
    4. No purchase necessary to enter each competition. A valid Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn account is required and there is no charge to register for use of any of these platforms.
    5. The Promoter will not accept accept responsibility for competition entries that are not posted correctly in the comments section of the corresponding question on the relevant social media platform (in accordance with clause 3.3), or for entries which are lost, mislaid, delayed, or otherwise not received by the Promoter due to human error, equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind.
    6. By submitting a competition entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.
    7. Please see https://trade.autotrader.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/rpm-social-competition for a copy of these competition terms and conditions.
    8. The competition entries will be judged by a judging panel to determine which entries are the correct responses to the corresponding questions. The decision of the panel (acting reasonably) will be final.
    9. The Promoter will send the full names of the judges to anyone who writes within one month after the Closing Date of each competition requesting details of the judges and who encloses a self-addressed envelope to the address set out at the beginning of these terms and conditions.

  4. Eligibility

    1. The competition is only open to all Auto Trader retailer customers in the UK aged 18 years or over (who have a current advertising agreement with the Promoter), except:
      1. employees of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies;
      2. employees of agents or suppliers of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies, who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; or
      3. members of the immediate families or households of (a) and (b) above.
    2. In entering the 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 the competition.
    3. The Promoter will not accept competition entries that are:
      1. are political in nature;
      2. feature content which is likely to be inconsistent with the brand values of the Promoter or which is otherwise considered offensive or derogatory by the Promoter;
      3. are automatically generated by computer;
      4. are completed by third parties or in bulk;
      5. are illegible, have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with; and/or
      6. are incomplete.
    4. There is a limit of one entry to each of the five competitions per Auto Trader retailer customer. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. [Only one response for each question shall be submitted, and therefore responses should not be submitted across multiple social media platforms for any question.]
    5. The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize competition.

  5. The prize

    1. The prizes are five Amazon £50 vouchers (one for each winner in respect of each of the 5 questions).
    2. The prizes are provided and fulfilled by Auto Trader.
    3. Prizes are subject to availability and cannot be redeemed for monetary value. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute any prize with a prize of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond the Promoter's control make it necessary to do so.
    4. The prizes are not negotiable or transferable.
    5. The winners will be required to redeem the Amazon voucher using a valid Amazon account at www.amazon.co.uk. The Promoter has no control over the products/services which the prize can be redeemed for and therefore, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 8 below, the Promoter shall, to the furthest extent permissible by law, have no liability to the winners for any loss or damage suffered by any winner in connection with such products/services.

  6. Winners

    1. The decision of the Promoter’s judging panel is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
    2. The Promoter will contact each of the 5 winners as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, via direct message on the relevant social media platform.
    3. 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 send the business names of the 5 winners and, evidence of the Performance Rating increase, to anyone who emails AskAT@autotrader.co.uk or writes to the address set out in clause 1 (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month of the end of the Competition Period. If you object to your business name and/or winning entry being made available, please contact the Promoter at the address set out in clause 1. In such circumstances, the Promoter must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.

  7. Claiming the prize

    1. Each winner should allow up to 5 working days to be contacted to confirm receipt of the prize, from the end of the Competition Period. The Promotor will arrange directly with each winner when, where and how they would like to redeem their prize.
    2. The Promoter will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed their prize within 5 days of end of the Competition Period, the Promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant selected from the correct entries that were received before the Closing Date.
    3. The Promoter does not accept any responsibility if any winner is not able to take up the prize.

  8. Limitation of 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 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. Your statutory rights are not affected.

  9. Ownership of competition entries and intellectual property rights

    1. You agree that the Promoter may, but is not required to, make your entry available on its website, trade.autotrader.co.uk, social media platforms and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future, and in connection with any publicity of the competition. You agree to grant the Promoter a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence, for the full period of any intellectual property rights in the competition entry and any accompanying materials, to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format and sub-licence the competition entry and any accompanying materials for such purposes.

  10. Data protection and publicity

    1. The Promoter will only process your personal information as set out in these terms and the Promoter’s privacy policy located at www.autotrader.co.uk/privacy-policy. See also condition 6.3 with regard to the announcement of winners.

  11. General

    1. Entrants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry.
    2. 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 the competition.
    3. If an act, omission, event or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter and which prevents the Promoter from complying with these terms and conditions the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligations.
    4. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
    5. 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.