Subj: FW: : Neiman Marcus Cookies...

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> Enjoy...~~~~~NOT A JOKE~~~~~~
> >
> > Can you believe...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 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, just add it
>to
> > my
> > tab
> > I told her. 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, it
> > doesn't
> > matter, 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 $250.00, and now I'm going to have
> > $25,000.00 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...
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > THE NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIE(Recipe may be halved):
> > 2 cups butter
> > 4 cups flour
> >
> > 2 tsp. baking 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, but we liked pecans best)
> >
> >
> > 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!
> > PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERYONE THAT YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!


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