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I love it when the little guy strikes back!
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.
Iwas 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 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
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.
Iwas 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 these ladies $250.00 worth.
Enjoy the cookies, they are good....
