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Forwarding a message - hope you enjoy the situation!
> 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." "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 that 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 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 back any of
> my 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. 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.
>
> (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
> 1-8oz Hershey Bar (grated)
> 4 eggs
> 2 tsp. baking powder
> 2 tsp. vanilla
> 2 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.
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