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This didn't happen to me but it did happen and someone asked me to pass it on so I hope you enjoy

 

 

Free $250 cookie recipe

 

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 ANE-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....

 

 

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This didn't happen to me but it did happen and someone asked me to pass it on so I hope you enjoy

 

 

Free $250 cookie recipe

 

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 ANE-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....

 

Yup....believe EVERYTHING that you see on the Internet.

 

http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/cookie.asp

 

 

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