This is from an e-mail that is currently
making the rounds on the web (at least
in my little circle of the web).
I can't vouch for the authenticity of
the story, but it looks like a good
cookie recipe:
Cookies
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
that 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...."
making the rounds on the web (at least
in my little circle of the web).
I can't vouch for the authenticity of
the story, but it looks like a good
cookie recipe:
Cookies
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
that 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...."