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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
You may find this of interest: English and French. The list of companies that cannot do an outreach to Quebec is endless. There are certain states and provinces that want to "take a slice of the pie" for themselves in putting in place certains fees and charges that are, one assumes, part of their operating budgets. Some call it "protection." Others call it something much less positive. We're not willing to pay a fee to a governmental agency in order to give their citizens free goods. To do so opens the "I want some too" doors for every other city, state, province or country to do the same. Should we, for the "privilege" of giving things away, be asked to pay a third party a fee? No, I don't think so. And should we have to pay for hours of an attorney's time (have you seen attorney fees lately!?) to do a legal review to make sure we've met all of this one province's unique "protection" laws? Again, I don't think so. |
You don't have to pay them a fee to give free goods. No matter how you choose to give it or where you are from. You don't even have to let them know about the contest if the prize have no monetary value.
Yesterday i even wrote an email to the RACJ with a link to the contest page and asking if you'd have to pay a fee or register to hold a contest where the prize have no real value. Their answer was:
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Madame, En réponse à votre courriel, pour qu'on enregistre un concours, peu importe l'endroit ou il est tenu, il faut que le prix est une valeur. Éric Cadoret Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux |
And why have to pay an attorney? It's all on the net.. all you need is being able to read and if unsure, make a call or send an e-mail. Isn't what an attorney would do?
Let's look at it. Publicity Contest Notice
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page 3 section B An Act respecting lotteries, publicity contests and amusement machines Before undertaking any procedures, make sure your contest is a publicity contest under subparagraph b), section 1 of the Act. The total value of the prizes offered must exceed $100 before a person for whom a publicity contest is carried on has to notify the Régie and pay applicable fees (s. 58). |
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1. In this Act, and in the regulations and rules hereunder, unless the context indicates otherwise, (b) «publicity contest» means a contest, a lottery scheme, a game, a plan or an operation which results in the awarding of a prize, carried on for the object of promoting the commercial interests of the person for whom it is carried on; |
