Neiman Marcus

So I got this email, and instead of forwarding it, I will just post it on my blog. It's a story of how Neiman Marcus ripped off this lady and she is getting revenge by telling everyone she knows their chocolate chip cookie recipe. Read on.

{My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe In

Dallas, and we 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 to

that, and told her to just add it to my Tab.

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus

Charge 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 was outrageous! I called Neiman's

Accounting Department and told them the waitress said it was

'two-fifty', which clearly does not mean 'two hundred and fifty

dollars' by any reasonable 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 the Accounting Department lady the criminal statutes

which govern fraud in the State of Texas . I threatened to report them

to the Better Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney General's office

for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, 'Do what you want. Don't

bother thinking of how you can get even, and don't bother trying to

get any of your 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...for free. She replied, 'I wish you wouldn't do this.'

I said, 'Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you

ripped me off and slammed down the phone.

So here it is!

Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of.

I paid $250 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make

another penny off of this recipe!

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter

24 oz. Chocolate chips

4 cups flour

2 cups brown sugar

2 tsp. Soda (baking)

1 tsp. Salt

2 cups sugar

1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)

5 cups blended oatmeal

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.

PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY

PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS!

THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!

Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets send it to

them and ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get this

ladies $250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they really are good.}