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The Competition Grape Vine,
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Note that these services are available to Grape Vine subscribers only and all applications for them are checked against the current subscriber list.
Grape Vine is published monthly, and you should usually receive your copy in between the 5th and 7th of the month. If that date is ever likely to be different – due, for instance, to printers’ holidays – I will try to let you know in the preceding month. If, in a normal month, you have not received your copy by the 14th, write to me or email me and I will send you a replacement copy.
I cannot check every copy thoroughly when it arrives from the printer, so on rare occasions you may receive a poorly printed or incomplete copy. If this happens please let me know as soon as possible and I will send you a replacement.
Confidentiality Details of subscribers are confidential and will not be given to any other organisation or subscriber
Correspondence All correspondence should be addresses to the PO Box or email address above. I welcome letters but cannot give individual replies. If you are seeking answers to a comp you should send me the entry form, or a readable photocopy, allowing sufficient time for me to research it and publish the advice for the benefit of all readers. I will not undertake private research.
Subscription Rates . Prices are as follows :- 3 months = £13.50. 6 months = £25. One year = £45. Please make Cheques/PO’s payable to JANE WILLIS, include your full address and say which issue you want to start with. Please do NOT cross postal orders, as my bank does not accept them. Payment can also be made by Paypal to janesgrapevine@yahoo.co.uk
Subscription Renewals When your subscription is due for renewal a large 'X' is marked in the box on the front cover of your final issue of the magazine, and a subscription form is enclosed. Your renewal date is shown as a three or four figure number at the top of your address label eg 506 means you renew in May 2006 and 1107 means November 2007.
The Update service The update is an email newsletter crammed with the latest comps, sent out on or about the 20th of the month, covering comps that appear too late for the current issue but close too soon for the next one plus brief notes on new entry forms to look out for. It is available only to current subscribers. To join the mailing list, send a note asking me to add you, containing your name, address and email address, to the Grape Vine postal or email address. Shortly after I receive it, you will receive a message from GVupdate@googlegroups.com welcoming you to the list and telling you about how it works. From then on, you will receive the updates on or around the 20th of the month for as long as you remain a GV subscriber. If your subscription lapses you will need to reapply to beaded back on to the list.
Classified Advertising Ads for comp clubs and for selling unwanted prizes are free. Other advertising costs 5p a word plus 50p for address details, per insertion. Send the text to the usual address, with payment if necessary.
Tiebreaker checking If you see a tiebreaker you think is yours in the “Winning Lines” section but have not been notified of the prize, send me the full details including the name and address you entered with if it is not the one I hold on file for you, along with an SAE for my reply, and I will check to see whether your name is on the list.
The Entry Form Exchange Each subscriber may use the exchange service a maximum of once per month. Because the number of forms available fluctuates, I can no longer promise a one-for-one swap, but I will always send the best selection of forms I possibly can. Send your swaps (no more than one of each comp please) with a SAE and a note of any forms you are particularly looking for, in case I have spares. Please make sure you have your envelope weighed and checked for size, and use the correct postage
Some notes on listings in Grape Vine
Descriptions of holiday prizes can sometimes be rather cumbersome and repetitive, but if you don’t know how many people a prize trip is for you may not want to risk entering the comp, so to save space, from now on if I list a holiday or short break prize without giving the number it applies to, it is for two adults. Similarly assume that a family holiday is for two adults and two children under the age of 12 – if the make-up of the holiday varies, I will point it out in the individual comp info.
Text entry comps - . Where a text is not charged at your normal rate, the cost given is on top of your normal rate. Note that most operators don’t allow you to use short code texts as part of your free or inclusive text bundle.
Plain paper/postcard comps Always write in BLOCK CAPITALS & in ink. Unless otherwise stated entrants must be aged 18 or over and UK residents. The term ‘details’ normally includes your phone number - if an email address is also required I will say so.