thebruce wrote:We didn't pay for anything. What we want is for them to follow through on their statement that we'd each receive something as a reward for what we did... we didn't buy anything from them, there was no monetary exchange which they are legally bound to compensate.
There doesn't need to be any 'monetary exchange' for them to be legally responsible to a contractual agreement. Typically there are "terms" or "agreements" which are specifically outlined for competitions similar to this, as with the Pontiac contests, that show what actions the parties are required to take, legally, and where liability falls (if at all) should they not abide by their agreement.
That said, I didn't see any such documentation during IRIS, so liability is entirely in the air. Because of that, there's nothing to say that they
shouldn't be held responsible for the claim of a reward that wasn't fulfilled, but more importantly, there's nothing to say that they
should. As such, all that anyone can really do is sit and wait.
...though, strangely enough, in the pic above it shows the "Terms and conditions". Did anyone bother to read those? Can we still access them somehow?
EDIT: If it was the typical Microsoft Xbox "Terms and conditions," then...
MICROSOFT CORPORATION AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE XBOX.COM WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
...it looks like they're free to make whatever promises they want without liability. Oh well.