I don't think ANYTHING at Neiman-Marcus is Two Fifty ($2.50), not even
water!!
Robert
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From: Carol Hutchinson <cody(a)MTInter.Net>
To: 'looney-l(a)rootsweb.com'
Subject: FW: Cookie Recipe
Date: Wednesday, October 08, 1997 7:06 PM
I received this from a friend who asked me to pass it along to everyone I
knew who
had an E-mail address, what a better way to send it.
Carol Hutchinson
Subject: Cookie Recipe
Neiman-Marcus Cookies
THIS IS TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE SEND THIS
TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS....THIS IS
REALLY
TERRIFIC.
My daughter & I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas
&
decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie
lovers,
we decided to try the "Neiman-Marcus Cookie."
{EDITORIAL COMMENT: Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store in the
States}.
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."
Well, I said, would you let me buy the recipe? With a cute smile, she
said,
"Yes." I asked how much, and she responded, "Only two
fifty, it's a great
deal!" I said with approval, just add it to my tab.
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's 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's Attorney General for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do
what you want, we don't give a crap, and 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....
(Recipe may be halved)
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine
powder.)
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)
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!!!
This is not a joke --- this is a true story. Ride free citizens!
Katherine Watt kcwatt(a)ucdavis.edu