Neiman Marcus Recipe letter

Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:19:38 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Fwd: [Fwd:cookies] (fwd)

I don't know how true this is, but it is a classic example of Corporate
greed.( I heard this story a few years back, too, only it was a guy who had
gotten taken for $300.)



>> >   Here you go if you like to bake, read this it is a true story!!
>> >   Subject: Cookie recipe
>> >
>> >   Here is a story forwarded to me about corporate greed.
>> >   THIS IS TRUE----PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT AND
>> >   LEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN
>> >   E-MAIL ADDRESS....THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC.
>> >
>> >   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 in the States}.  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 statues 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 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 possible think of.  I paid $250 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.
>> >   Have fun!!!  This is not a joke --- this is a true
>> >   story.  Ride free citizens!
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