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EXPENSIVE RECIPE
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a
very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for
$50.00.
Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORY!
My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe
in Dallas , and we decided to have a small dessert. Because both of
us are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus cookie."
It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe,
and the waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you
can buy the recipe."
Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty. It's a
great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab.
Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-
Marcus charge was $285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I had
only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I
glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe-
$250.00". That was outrageous!
I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress
said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred
and fifty dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase.
Neiman-Marcus refused to budge.
They would not refund my money because, according to them, "What the
waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the
recipe. We
absolutely will not refund your money at this po int." I explained to
the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes which govern
fraud in the state of Texas . I threatened to report them to the
Better Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office for
engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want..
Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, and don't bother trying
to get any of your money back."
I just said, Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have
$250 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to see to it that
every cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account has a
$250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus..for free. She replied, "I
wish you wouldn't do this."
I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you
ripped me off!" and slammed down the phone.
So here it is!
Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think
of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER
make another penny off of this recipe!
************************************************** **********
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
Measure oatmeal, and blend in a
blender to a fine powder. Cream the
butter and both sugars. Add eggs and
vanilla, mix toge ther
with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder,
and soda. Add chocolate chips,
Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll into
*****, and place two inches apart
on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Makes 112 cookies.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO
EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO
HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY
TERRIFIC!!
Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets, send it to
them and ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get these ladies
$250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they are good!
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a
very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for
$50.00.
Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORY!
My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe
in Dallas , and we decided to have a small dessert. Because both of
us are such cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus cookie."
It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe,
and the waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid not, but you
can buy the recipe."
Well, I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two fifty. It's a
great deal!" I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab.
Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-
Marcus charge was $285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I had
only spent $9.95 for two salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I
glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie Recipe-
$250.00". That was outrageous!
I called Neiman's Accounting Department and told them the waitress
said it was "two fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred
and fifty dollars" by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase.
Neiman-Marcus refused to budge.
They would not refund my money because, according to them, "What the
waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the
recipe. We
absolutely will not refund your money at this po int." I explained to
the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes which govern
fraud in the state of Texas . I threatened to report them to the
Better Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office for
engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want..
Don't bother thinking of how you can get even, and don't bother trying
to get any of your money back."
I just said, Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm going to have
$250 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to see to it that
every cookie lover in the United States with an e-mail account has a
$250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus..for free. She replied, "I
wish you wouldn't do this."
I said, "Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you
ripped me off!" and slammed down the phone.
So here it is!
Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think
of. I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER
make another penny off of this recipe!
************************************************** **********
NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
Measure oatmeal, and blend in a
blender to a fine powder. Cream the
butter and both sugars. Add eggs and
vanilla, mix toge ther
with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder,
and soda. Add chocolate chips,
Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll into
*****, and place two inches apart
on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
Makes 112 cookies.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO
EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO
HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY
TERRIFIC!!
Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets, send it to
them and ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get these ladies
$250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they are good!
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