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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
point." 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 (Recipe may be halved)
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
together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking
powder, and soda. Add
chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll
into balls, 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 this 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
point." 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 (Recipe may be halved)
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
together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking
powder, and soda. Add
chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts. Roll
into balls, 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 this ladies $250.00
worth. Enjoy the cookies,
they are good....