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Sue Clemenger
mooncat at in-tch.com
Mon May 29 19:25:57 PDT 2000
THE NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIE
The following is a true story of a lady who decided to take
revenge against a company that ripped her off.
I thought it was a nice way to get even and illustrates the power of
people when empowered with the Internet.
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 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, 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 into 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.
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Have fun! This is not a joke-this is a true story. Ride
free, citizens!
PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERY ONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!
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