Soulki Sinya'Kuile
09-25-2003, 05:16 PM
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 statues 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!
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 statues 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!