The Neiman-Marcus Cookie
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 a.k.a. Needless Markup}.
The cookie 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 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 cr#%, and we're not refunding your money."
I thought about 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 gets this$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 I hung up the phone.
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... Anonymous.
(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. |
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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 golf ball sized balls and place two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 6 - 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
Makes 112 BIG cookies.
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