_kara_ Hi Folks,
Autumn is upon us once more and the nights are getting longer, and we all know what that means…
The clocks will be going back!
On Sunday 25 October 2020 at 02:00 in the morning the clocks will go back an hour.
When the clocks change we like to send out a message to remind our lovely members, so all of us with clocks that don’t automatically update will be forewarned and not be late for things they may have arranged – we don’t want anyone to miss out on something fun.
We prefer to hand the reins over to the Community for composing this SMS and are always very impressed by the creativity we see. If you fancy writing a message that will be seen by thousands of our members, please pop your creations onto this thread. We’ll need your entry by 23:59 on Wednesday 14 October, so please get your creativity flowing and hop on here with your ideas.
Things to keep in mind;
The clocks go back on 25 October 2020 at 02:00
The clocks are going back, not forward – so your message will need to make that clear
Please limit it to around 120 letters and spaces in total so that we can fit in some admin stuff at the end. There is a little leeway, but we can’t go much higher as a text message is only 160 characters.
As we have a lot of people to send it to we’ll be aiming to send the message over a few different days toward the end of the week, so it needs to make sense no matter which day someone sees it.
We’re taking entries until 23:59 on Wednesday the 14th of October.
We’ve found that many members enjoy a poem with these, so for the best chance of winning, make it rhyme.
To help inspire you, here is the winning message from last time, as inspired by @netes81 (Please bear in mind this was composed for the clocks going forward this Spring, so we’re looking for something a little different this time).
On the 29th at 1am,
The clocks go forward an hour.
It’s spring so that means longer days
…and extra solar power.
And the Legal nitty gritty to have a peek at if you like:
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We’ll announce the winner in the community. If you’re the lucky winner we’ll also send you a community Private Message to let you know.
To qualify, you need to post your entry in this community thread by 23:59 on Wednesday, October 14 2020. Entries must abide by our Terms and Conditions and Community Code of Conduct.
The prize is that your suggestion will be used in a text message that we send out to giffgaffers the week of October 19 2020. This is the only prize and there is no cash alternative.
We may put the winner’s membername on our social media pages as well as in the community, and they may be required to participate in publicity connected with this Competition. If you enter, you agree to your membername being made publicly available if you win.
You grant us the right to use the content of your entry as per section 8 of our Terms and Conditions. We reserve the right to alter the text of the winning entry in order to provide the text message.
Any personal details you provide will at all times be kept in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be found here https://www.giffgaff.com/boiler-plate/privacy.
In the event of fraud, abuse, and/or an error affecting the proper operation of this Competition, we reserve the right to end or suspend the Competition; amend these terms & conditions; declare void the notification of winner(s); and/or to allocate the Prize by conducting a simple draw from all entrants.
If any provision of these terms and conditions is held invalid by any law, rule, order or regulation of any government, or by the final determination of any court of a competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions not held to be invalid.
The winner will be chosen by giffgaff staff. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
We reserve the right to suspend, cancel or amend the competition and/or review and revise these terms and conditions at any time without giving prior notice and by continuing to take part in the competition subsequent to any revision of these terms and conditions, entrants shall be deemed to have agreed to any such new or amended terms.
This promotion is governed by English Law and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
The promoter of this Competition is giffgaff (that’s us). For any more information about us, visit our website.
We’re all looking forward to seeing what our fabulous members can think up this time 😁
Ready, steady….
Kara
…GO!!
