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Voting is only open to residents of the United Kingdom. Voting signifies acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
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Voting is available each day starting from 1st February 2010 until the end of the National Showcase. Please be aware voting times may vary or change.
Stages 1 & 2 and the Semi-Final Showcases:
Text votes are counted at the end of each gig via direct online checking. After the vote has been counted text votes received for bands that have not progressed will not be registered but may still be charged for in accordance with these terms and conditions. If a band progresses through to the next stage then the text vote count for that band for all previous stages will be carried forward to the next round.
Regional Final Showcases:
Text votes are counted at the end of the Regional Showcase via direct online checking. After the vote has been counted text votes received for bands that have not progressed will not be registered but may still be charged for in accordance with these terms and conditions. If a band progresses through to the National Showcase then the text vote count for that band for all previous stages will be carried forward to the National Showcase.
National Showcase:
Text votes are counted at the end of the National Showcase, the date and time of which will be stated closer to the time. Text votes cast after the vote has been counted will not be registered but may still be charged for in accordance with these terms and conditions. Please be aware voting times may change.
Surface Unsigned Charts:
When calculating the Top Ten Bands for The Surface Unsigned Charts rolled over text votes from previous stages of the festival will be combined from each stage of the festival to total each band's ratings.
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Each text vote cast will cost 1 pound (£1.00) plus your service provider's standard text message rate. The total cost is dependant on your network.
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You must be 16 years or over to use this service.
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You may vote as many times as you like, however we do recommend you set yourself a limit and text vote responsibly.
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Surface Unsigned Festival LTD reserves the right to discount votes if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent bulk votes have been cast.
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Surface Unsigned Festival LTD may suspend, withdraw or re-set voting at its sole discretion.
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Please ask permission from the bill payer before voting and please text carefully. All charges will be deducted from your available credit time if you are a pre pay customer or will appear on your monthly statement if you pay monthly.
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Surface Unsigned Festival LTD does not accept any responsibility for any network congestion, technical failure or other problem in any telephone line, network, system, provider or otherwise which results in any text not being properly recorded or received.
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If a band drops out of the event, any text votes cast for that band will not be counted, but may still be charged for in accordance with these terms and conditions.
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There will be no refunds given on text votes cast if a band drops out of the event.
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To the extent permitted by law, Surface Unsigned Festival LTD excludes all warranties (whether express or implied), representations and its liability regarding this voting mechanic.
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If you need to get in touch with us please send an email to festival @ surfaceunsigned.co.uk or contact us on 0800 434 6076.
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