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> From: for4beglins <for4beglins@localaccess.com>
> To: Morris1@GTE.Net
> Subject: Fw: neiman marcus cookies
> Date: Saturday, August 02, 1997 11:43 AM
>
>
>
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> > From: Jim Olson <jo@worldaccess.com>
> > To: 'Barry Groves' <blgroves@aa.net>; 'Bob Landers'
> <rlander@pacifier.com>; 'Dave Joice' <carpwork@cp.duluth.mn.us>; 'Duane'
> <duaneb@eclipsesoft.com>; 'Ed,Judy' <eg@matnet.com>; 'Geno'
> <geno@worldaccess.com>; 'Hugh,Janice' <for4beglins@localaccess.com>;
> 'Karsten' <karsten@alaska.net>; 'Ken Garrett' <etecllc@pacifier.com>;
'Ken
> Sobczak' <mrheat@uslink.net>; 'Ron Hebish' <rgfh@wishkah.techline.com>;
> 'Sharm' <sharm@xyz.net>
> > Subject: FW: neiman marcus cookies
> > Date: Thursday, March 06, 1997 4:09 PM
> >
> >
> >
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> > From:       RGBBAH@aol.com[SMTP:RGBBAH@aol.com]
> > Sent:       Thursday, March 06, 1997 7:06 AM
> > To:         jo@worldaccess.com
> > Subject:    Fwd: neiman marcus cookies
> >
> > Please enjoy ttfn RB
> > ---------------------
> > Forwarded message:
> > Subj:    neiman marcus cookies
> > Date:    97-03-05 14:13:15 EST
> > From:    Cyr Sign
> > To:      RGBBAH
> >
> >
> > Hey everybody...
> >
> > Since I can't send you all any cookies, here's a recipe for them...and
> > helping the underdog while I'm at it...I've got the munchies!!!
> >
> > Ak
> > > >
> > > >>   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." 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 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 - $250.00." That's
> > > >>outrageous!! I called Neiman's Accounting Dept. and told them the
> > > >>waitress said it was "two-fifty," which clearly does not mean "two
> > > >>hundred and fifty dollars" by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of the
> > > >>phrase. Nieman-Marcus refused to budge.  They would not refund my
> > > >>money, because according to them, "What the waitress told you is
not
> > > >>our problem.  You have already seen the recipe - we absolutely will
> > > >>not refund your money at this point."  I explained to her the
> criminal
> > > >>statutes which govern fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer them to
> > > >>the Better Business Bureau and the State's Attorney General for
> > > >>engaging in fraud.  I was basically told, "Do what you want, we
don't
> > > >>give a @#$#!, 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, and now I'm going to have
> > > >>$250.00 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 dollars for this... I don't
> > > >>want Nieman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this
recipe....
> > > >>
> > > >>      (Recipe may be halved.):
> > > >>      2  cups butter
> > > >>      4  cups flour
> > > >>      2  tsp. soda
> > > >>      2  cups sugar
> > > >>      5  cups blended oatmeal**
> > > >>      24 oz. chocolate chips
> > > >>      2  cups brown sugar
> > > >>      1  tsp. salt
> > > >>      1  8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
> > > >>      4  eggs
> > > >>      2  tsp. baking powder
> > > >>      3  cups chopped nuts (your choice)
> > > >>      2  tsp. vanilla
> > > >>      ** 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.
> > > >>Have fun!!!  This is *not* a joke --- this is a true story.. Ride
> free,
> > > >>citizen!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>kooK
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>Elizabeth
> > ---------------------
> > Forwarded message:
> > Subj:    Film sample
> > Date:    97-03-04 17:30:07 EST
> > From:    RGBBAH
> > To:      Cyr Sign
> >
> > the two sided sample is in the mail -- Ray please call when you recieve
> it .
> > Hey what happened to the cookie receipe? Say hello to 114 for me ttfn
RB
> >
> >