Refund process for text to win competitions

A company that ran a series of text to win trivia competitions is offering refunds to consumers who participated in the competitions.

From July 2006 to January 2007 TMG Asia Pacific promoted and operated a series of 14 text trivia competitions in New Zealand. The competitions were promoted through television advertising which was broadcast on TV1, TV2, TV3, C4, MTV and Prime.

Consumers who purchased text and win trivia services and believe that they may be eligible for a refund should submit a refund request to TMG Asia Pacific by completing the web form available via the website http://text8555.com/refunds/

Refund requests need to be registered with TMG Asia Pacific before Friday 22 January 2010.

The Commerce Commission is prosecuting TMG Asia Pacific for alleged breaches of the Fair trading Act related to misleading advertising. As the matter is before the courts, there will be no further comment from the Commission at this stage.


Background
TMG Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (TMG) is an Australian registered subsidiary of TMG B.V.I, registered in the Netherlands.

The refund process applies to the following trivia competitions which ran between July 2006 and January 2007:

NZBND1030 - Win a James Bond pack
NZBOX2030 - Win a Xbox 360 + 5 games
NZSW1030 - Win a Star Wars pack
NZFIT1090 - Win a Powerplate
NZGAME1030 - Win a PSP game console + 4 games
NZHIM1030 - Win a luxury pack with gadgets
NZLUCK1060 and NZWORD1120 - Win an LCD TV worth $3000
NZPLAY2030 - Win a limited edition iPod worth $3000
NZPS1060 - Win a Playstation 3
NZSPOT2030 - Win $1500