SaralovesMike
11-24-2006, 10:57 AM
> Happy Holidays! and enjoy!!!
>A little background: Neiman-Marcus (AKA Needless Markup), 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 $995
>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 Generals 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!
>
> 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.
>
>A little background: Neiman-Marcus (AKA Needless Markup), 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 $995
>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 Generals 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!
>
> 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.
>