> ABSOLUTELY " TRUE STORY"
> "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".  (EDITORIAL
> COMMENT: Neiman's is a VERY EXPENSIVE department store).
> 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.
> 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 that govern fraud in Texas, I
> threatened to report 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 any of 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
> Neiman-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
> 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.
> Enjoy cooking the most expensive cookie in the world - FREE !! THIS IS
> TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY
> PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS.