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Terms and Conditions

1. The Golden Times Promotion (“Promo”) is being organized by PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited (“Organizer”). It is valid only on 250 ml, 300 ml, 500 ml,600 ml, 750 ml, 1.2l, 2l, 2.25l PET bottles of brand “Pepsi, 7UP, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Slice” plying this offer, hereinafter referred to as “Product/s”.
2. Promo is valid from December 1st, 2018 to January 31st, 2019, (which has been further extended to February 15th, 2019) both dates inclusive (“Promotion Period”), in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra. For the purpose of determining the participating region, the circle/registration details of the mobile phone used for participating in the Promo would be the deciding factor and not the physical location of the Participant.
3. In case participation is received from any region or state other than the states or regions stated above, the Organizer would be at liberty to reject such entries.
4. Participation in the Promo is optional. Product without this Promo is also available.
5. Promo is open to all Indian citizens residing in India, above 18 years of age (“Participant”). The Promo is not open to the employees of Organizers, their family members, Organizers’ associate companies, its bottlers, its JV partners, its co-packers, its distributors, its agents, its advertising and promotional agencies and its auditors and their associate companies or any person who is not "competent to contract" within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

1. The Participant must purchase any Product to participate in the Promo and must look under the cap of the purchased Product where he/she will find a 8 digit code (“Promo Code”), except for Slice. For Slice, the Participant has to look for the Promo Code, behind the label of the purchased Product.
2. The Participant can participate in the Promo only once through purchase of one Product. For instance, if a Participant avails the Prize once, he / she will not be entitled to win a Prize through the Promo Code of the same Product pack through which he/she previously participated. To avail the offer again, the Participant will have to purchase another pack of the Product. Any participation without the Promo Code or with fake code, will be considered invalid.
3. Participant shall, after obtaining the Promo 8 digits unique Code by purchasing the Product, SMS the Promo Code to 9223492234.

ASSURED PRIZE:

1. Upon sending the SMS in accordance with these terms and conditions, the Participant will receive an SMS from or on behalf of the Organizer, containing a seventeen (17) digit code (“17 Digit Code”) which shall be entered by the Participant (Rupees Twenty only) on https://amzn.to/2SjZBsA or on the Amazon shopping mobile application, to avail Assured Prize i.e. Rs. 20/-. By clicking on this link, Rs. 20/- will get added to their Amazon Pay account. Thereafter, the Participant can check his/ her Amazon Pay balance to confirm him/her having availed the Assured Prize and Rs. 20 only) has/- (Rupees Twenty been added to his Amazon Pay Wallet. (“Assured Prize”). Valid once per Amazon account. Assured Prize is the minimum gratification for participating in this Promo
2. The standard SMS rates shall apply.
3. One unique mobile number can avail the Assured Prize, only once during the Promotion Period.
4. The Assured 17 Digit Code must be claimed before January 31st, 2019 (which has now been further extended to February 15th, 2019).However, the Assured Prize can be redeemed on any product on Amazon.in within one year of adding the balance
5. All customer related queries for this Promotion can be addressed to consumer.feedback@pepsico.com.
6. It is clarified that in addition to these terms and conditions, the Participant shall at all times be bound by the terms and conditions as provided at www.amazon.in.
7. Amazon PayLogo is the trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
8. PepsiCo shall not be responsible for downtime on the services, caused due to technical or other factors attributable at the end of telecom operators / provider that may occur for reasons including but not limited to failure of hardware equipment, configuration issue, network congestion, decisions, change in marketing / recharge plans and / or changes in regulations that are carried out by TRAI, DoT or any other regulatory body.
9. All Amazon service related complaints/queries etc. shall be directly taken up by the participants with Amazon at their website, i.e https://www.amazon.in/gp/help/customer/display.html. The redemption of the Assured Prize shall be governed by the standard Amazon Pay Gift Card T&C’s as per https://www.amazon.in/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202112070.
10. Participant agrees that use of this Promo is at his/her sole risk. PepsiCo, Amazon and its affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, and agents disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation any warranty of merchantability, availability, and fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.

MEGA PRIZE

1. From amongst all the Participants who participate in the Promo as mentioned above in Clause 6, Participants also stand a chance to win “Mega Prize, i.e one gold coin of 22 Karat, 10 g”, every hour of the day from 10 AM to 8 PM (“Mega Prize”). For Tamil Nadu, the Participants are mandatorily required to answer a question, i.e “PepsiCo I love Ponneram because_____________”, in not more than 140 words. For every valid code, the first response describing the Participant’s love for Ponneram will be considered for evaluation. Each first response will be evaluated on the creativity of the response received by an independent auditor appointed by the Organizers. Only those entries which are selected by the independent auditor shall stand a chance to win the Mega Prize-one gold coin of 22 Karat, 10 g.
2. The data maintained for the judging process by the Organizer would be considered final.
3. For Tamil Nadu, only the selected entries as detailed in Para 8a) above, and for rest of the states where this Promo is valid, all the SMS’s received by the Organizer with a valid Promo Code, pursuant to the Promo, as per these Terms and Conditions, will be put through a randomizer software , every hour of the day between 10 AM and 8 PM during the Promo Period.
4. A total of 10 (1 every hour of the day) Mega Prize Winners will be selected through the randomizing software, under this Promo. In case of rejections due to technical or other reasons alternates may need to be selected.
5. The Organizer will inform the Mega Prize Winners of their winner status post completion of the audit and other verification formalities.
6. In an event, where Participant has participated in the Promo using two different mobile numbers, and in case both his/her mobile numbers are selected through the randomizer, then he/she will be entitled to claim two Mega Prizes, and will be eligible to a maximum number of 10 times for each mobile number.
7. Presentation of the original code bearing winning label /crown to the Organizer or its authorized representatives is mandatory to claim the Mega Prize. In case the code bearing winning label / crown is not presented, lost, misplaced or mutilated, the Organizer would be within his rights to pass the Prize to another Participant or to forfeit the Prize, without any further communication to the Participant.
8. It is clarified that in case the Participant wins a Mega Prize, the Organizer may at its sole discretion ask the claimant to mandatorily produce documentary evidence to prove that the Participant bought the Product. In case, the claimant is unable to provide any such document to the satisfaction of the Organizer, the Organizer will have the sole discretion to either forfeit the Mega Prize or pass it on to the next winner claimant.
9. The delivery of the Mega Prize shall be done directly by CaratLane and winner shall duly acknowledge the same, on receipt. In case of any issues regarding the Mega Prize, the winner shall intimate the Organizer within 3 days of receipt of the Mega Prize. No complaints shall be entertained by the Organizer, after the said period.
10. Any attempt to participate in the Promo without purchasing a Product plying this Promo or with a fake code, will be considered invalid.
11. The act of sending the Promo Code via SMS will be considered as the entry of the Participant in the Promo. Entries are deemed to be submitted at the time of receipt of acknowledgment of the Promo Code and not at the time of transmission by the Participants. Organizers do not guarantee submission of the Promo Code on SMS and are not responsible in case the Promo Code does not get submitted due to any reason, including network problem. The database of Promo Codes maintained by the Organizer shall be considered final and no correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.
12. It is clarified that in addition to these terms and conditions, the Participant shall at all times be bound by the terms and conditions as imposed by the owner of the Assured Prize on usage of its websites, microsites, applications, usage of vouchers etc.
13. Organizer shall not be responsible for failure of third party to provide the Assured Prize to the Participant(s) or any downtime on the services, caused due to technical or other factors attributable at the end of the third party that may occur for reasons including but not limited to failure of hardware equipment, configuration issue, decisions, change in marketing plans and / or changes in regulations that are carried out by any judicial or quasi-judicial or regulatory body. Participant agrees that participation in this Promo is at its sole risk. Organizer, and their respective affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, and agents disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation any warranty of merchantability, availability, and fitness for a purpose or non-infringement.
14. The Assured Prize and the Mega Prize (“Prize/s”), are non-transferable, non-returnable, non- refundable and non-negotiable. No requests for transfer or assignment or redemption of the benefits shall be entertained.
15. The offers under this Promo cannot be clubbed with any other offer.
16. The decision of Organizers shall be final with respect to all matters relating to this Promo and the result of this Promo and shall not be subject to review or appeal by any customer or by any third party.
17. The authorized subscriber of the phone number used to enter the Promo at the actual time of entry will be deemed to be the Participant and must comply with these Terms and Conditions, in the event of a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same phone number. The authorized account holder is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned to a phone number by a telecommunication service provider. However, a person with multiple mobile numbers with adequate documentation shall be eligible to avail the Mega Prize.
18. Entry will be void if it is incomplete or if customer uses robotic, automatic, programmed or similar entry methods.
19. Organizers shall not be liable for:
1. any incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Promo and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with website;
2. any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Promo, injury or damage to your or any other computer or mobile resulting from downloading any materials in connection with the Promo
3. any increase or decrease in the market value of the Assured Prize/Mega Prize.

GENERAL:

1. For the purpose of the Promo, the person who owns the phone used for participation in the Promo would be considered the Participant and not the person using the phone in case the two are different. Also, the Organizer can ask for proof of ownership of the participating phone. In case of post-paid numbers, the proof would include the last bill received by the Participant. In case of prepaid numbers, a letter/documentary evidence from the service provider would be required. Letters or documents from agents or cell phone retailers will not be accepted.
2. The Organizers or their agencies are not required to entertain/respond to/comply with any communication/request/claim requiring the Organizer to provide any proof to any Participant or any other party, with respect to details of other Participants, Prize won by other Participants etc. Such information will be strictly confidential and shall not be shared with any Participant or any other third party, except as considered necessary in the sole discretion of the Organizers.
3. Presentation of ownership documents like identity proof, age proof, mobile number ownership proof, email id are mandatory to claim the Prize. In case valid proofs are not presented, lost, misplaced or mutilated, the Organizer would be within his rights to pass the Prize to another Participant or to forfeit the Prize, without any further communication to the Participant.
4. The Mega Prize winners will be contacted by the representatives of the Organizer on his/her mobile number and/or email provided by the winner. The Prize winner shall provide original code bearing label/cap/crown along with his/her details i.e. current residential address, valid contact no., documents such as Govt. approved Photo-ID proof, residence proof, PAN card / Original Form no.60, and/or such other documents as may be requested by the Organizer/its representatives. Such information and documents shall be provided to the Organizer within 3 days from the date of communication to the Prize winner.
5. The Mega Prize winner would be contacted thrice over a period of 48 hrs. In case the Mega Prize winner is not reachable or the Prize cannot be redeemed by him for any reason whatsoever, the Organizer will reserve the right to either pass on the Mega Prize to another Participant, selected through the randomizer or forfeit the Mega Prize entirely, without any further notice to the Mega Prize winner. The data maintained by the Organizer and its associates would be considered final in this regard.
6. All code bearing labels/crowns submitted towards verification shall become the property of Organizer.
7. The claimant should be careful in providing the details asked for at the time of calling in. All calls would be recorded for quality purposes. In case wrong information is provided, the claimant would not be allowed to retrieve or change the information, once provided.
8. All Mega Prize related queries/guarantee/warranty/complaints etc. to be directly taken up with the Mega Prize organizer/owner.
9. By participating in the Promo, the Participants waive the conditions of the DND directory and the Participants acknowledge that the Organizers can contact the Participants for future promotions.
10. All complaints related to guarantee/warranty/defects/merchantability/price/service of the products purchased by the Mega Prize or Assured Prize winners shall be directly taken up with the product manufacturer/distributor. The Organizers make no representation or warranty of any kind, either express or implied, with respect to any products purchased by the Mega Prize or Assured Prize winners. Such winners hereby agree that such products are purchased “as is” without any warranty, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a purpose.
11. Organizer reserves the right to cancel, modify, extend or withdraw the Promo at its sole and absolute discretion. Organizer reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions without any prior notice.
12. Charges and expenses borne by any Participant for participating in the Promo, for example, purchase of Product, SMS and internet charges for submitting the Promo Code etc. shall not be claimed from the Organizers and the Participants shall continue to be liable for them.
13. Decision of the Organizer will be final and binding regarding Promo and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
14. As a condition of accepting the Mega Prize, Participants may be required to sign any legal documentation as and, in the form, required by the Organizer in its absolute discretion, including but not limited to a legal release and indemnity form.
15. ByparticipatinginthisPromo,aParticipantunconditionallyandirrevocablyacceptsandagreesto be bound by all these terms and conditions as stated herein.
16. The Prize is not transferable and no cash payment in lieu of the Prize will be made.
17. In the event of a death of the winner of Prize, no claim from his/her nominees or legal heirs will be entertained for receiving the Prize.
18. This Promo cannot be clubbed with any other promotion/offer/discounts which may be applicable on the other products of the Organizer.
19. In case the customer finds a Product bottle with a defective label/cap/crown which does not carry a Promo 8 digits unique Code (due to technical reasons) and files a complaint for the same or approaches the Organizer with this complaint, the Organizers’ liability would be limited to providing the complainant with a new bottle of the Product to enable him to participate in the Promo as per these terms and conditions, provided however that the Organizer’s liability will not extend to Products that are not part of the Promo. The complainant cannot demand any monetary or other compensation for the same.
20. In case the Participant wishes to contact the Organizer for any reason whatsoever, the contact should be made only with the consumer relations department of the Organizer. Any attempt to contact any officer of the Organizer or any of the Organizer’s agencies/its personnel would not be entertained and could lead to the claim of the Participant being rejected.
21. Dates when the winner may redeem his/her Prize are entirely at the discretion of Organizer. Organizer is not responsible if any of the Prize is cancelled or postponed. In such cases, the Prize will be forfeited in its entirety and no substitution will be provided.
22. At the Organizer's request, winner of Prize must participate in all promotional activity (such as publicity and photography) surrounding the winning of the Prize, free of charge, and they consent to the Organizer using their name, likeness, image and/or voice in the event they are a winner (including photograph, film and/or recording of the same) in promotional material or in any media for an unlimited period without remuneration for the purpose of promoting this Promo (including any outcome), and promoting any products manufactured, distributed and/or supplied by the Organizer.
23. The pictures of Product(s) on which Prize is redeemable, or the Prize themselves depicted on the press ads/ posters/ trade letters etc. are only representative and the actual Product(s) or Prize may vary from the depictions.
24. Other than the costs expressly and unconditionally agreed herein to be borne by the Organizers, Participants will have to bear incidental costs, if any, that may arise for redemption of the Prize.
25. Organizer shall not be responsible for any loss, injury or any other liability arising out of the Promo.
26. Organizer shall not be liable for any loss or damage due to Act of God, Governmental actions, other force majeure circumstances and shall not be liable to pay any amount as compensation or otherwise for any such loss.
27. Participants shall comply with these terms and conditions and waives any right to claim ambiguity in these terms and conditions and release, indemnify and hold harmless Organizers and their respective affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective owners, agents, auditors, representatives, officers, directors and employees from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions, or any liability of any kind relating to, resulting from or arising from this Promo or any product or Prize provided in connection therewith.
28. Organizer shall not be liable for any loss of Prize due to loss of code bearing Product Product’s label/cap/crown or incorrect information provided by the Participant.
29. Nothing in the Promo or in the advertising/promotional material relating to the Promo shall be deemed to be a permission to use or claim any right or interest in the respective intellectual property rights of the Organizers.
30. All applicable taxes/levies and charges (including but not limited to Gift Tax, registration charges, insurance etc. where applicable) on Prize will be the responsibility of the Participant. Taxes as applicable will be deducted at the source for all Participants who avail the Prize.
31. The submission of false, incorrect, misleading or fraudulent documentation/ information may result in disqualification from this Promo by the Organizers. It may further attract legal action as deemed fit by the Organizers.
32. No queries/ clarifications/ suggestions/ communication etc. shall be entertained on operation/selection process, which would be entirely in the discretion of the Organizers.
33. Organizers assume no liability or responsibility for (i) any errors, omissions or inaccuracies of content or submissions, (ii) personal injury or property damage of any nature resulting from your access to, your exposure to or your participation in the promotion. (iii) Any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal information and/or financial information that may be contained therein. (iv)Any deletion of data or interruption or discontinuance of transmission to or from or through the Promotion.
34. All disputes relating to this Promo shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Courts at Gurugram only.
35. Participants shall comply with these terms and conditions and waives any right to claim ambiguity in these terms and conditions and release, indemnify and hold harmless Organizers and their respective affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective owners, agents, auditors, representatives, officers, directors and employees from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions, or any liability of any kind resulting from or arising from this Promo or any product or Prize provided in connection therewith.
36. Organizer reserves the right to make any changes, including but not limited to its products, the Promo Period for the Promo. Said changes shall be intimated in the website www.7up.in.
37. Promo is valid till stocks of Products last or the end of Promotion Period, whichever is earlier.
38. At the end of the Promotion Period, all of Organizer’s obligations in regard to the Promo shall terminate.