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A TRUE STORY...........
My daughter and I had just finished
a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe in
Dallas and 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
with approval, just add it to my
tab I told her.
Thirty days later, I received my
VISA statement from Neiman-Marcus and
it 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 Dept.
and told them the waitress said it
was "two-fifty," which clearly
does not mean "two hundred and fifty
dollars" by any *POSSIBLE* 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 her the criminal
statutes which govern fraud in Texas.
I threatened to refer them to the
Better Business Bureau and the State
Attorney General Office for engaging
in fraud. I was basically told,
"Do what you want, it doesn't matter,
we're not refunding your money."
I waited, thinking of how I could
get even, or even try and get any of
my money back. I just said,
"Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I'm
going to have $250.00 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 $250.00 cookie recipe
from Neiman-Marcus...for free. She
replied, "I wish you wouldn't do
this." I said, "Well, you should have
thought of that before you ripped
me off," and slammed down the phone
on her.
So here it is!!! Please, please,
please pass it on to everyone you can
possibly think of. I paid
$250 for this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus
to *ever* get another penny off
of this recipe...
NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
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. Have fun!!!