Gil_T2
KICK ASS !
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2002
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This didn't happen to me but thought after getting this emailed to me the rip offs deserve to have the world to know their costly secret.
Hope someone will make them & post how good they turn out.
This is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading!
>>>>
>>>>A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a
>>>>very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00.
>>>>
>>>>THIS IS A TRUE STORY
>>>>
>>>>My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe
>>>>in Dallas.
>>>>
>>>>Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the
>>>>"Neiman-Marcus cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they
>>>>would give
>>>>me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid
>>>>not, but
>>>>you can BUY the recipe." I asked how much, and she responded;
>>>>"Only two fifty- it's a great deal!" I agreed to that, and told
>>>>her to add
>>>>it to my bill.
>>>>
>>>>Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus
>>>>charge was
>>>>$285.00. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent
>>>>$9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf. 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
>>>>had 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."
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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
>>>>said, OK,
>>>>you've 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 world
>>>>with an
>>>>e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus... for
>>>>free.
>>>>
>>>>She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do that." 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 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
>>>>from 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. (Bicarb) soda
>>>>1 tsp. salt
>>>>2 cups sugar
>>>>18 oz. Hershey Bar (grated). (Cadbury chocolate for Australians)
>>>>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 Bicarb (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 (180) 375 degrees.
>>>>* The above quantities make 112 cookies.
>>>>
>
Hope someone will make them & post how good they turn out.
This is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading!
>>>>
>>>>A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a
>>>>very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00.
>>>>
>>>>THIS IS A TRUE STORY
>>>>
>>>>My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a Neiman-Marcus Cafe
>>>>in Dallas.
>>>>
>>>>Because both of us are such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the
>>>>"Neiman-Marcus cookie". It was so excellent that I asked if they
>>>>would give
>>>>me the recipe. The waitress said with a small frown, "I'm afraid
>>>>not, but
>>>>you can BUY the recipe." I asked how much, and she responded;
>>>>"Only two fifty- it's a great deal!" I agreed to that, and told
>>>>her to add
>>>>it to my bill.
>>>>
>>>>Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the Neiman-Marcus
>>>>charge was
>>>>$285.00. I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only spent
>>>>$9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a scarf. 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
>>>>had 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."
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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
>>>>said, OK,
>>>>you've 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 world
>>>>with an
>>>>e-mail account gets a $250 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus... for
>>>>free.
>>>>
>>>>She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do that." 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 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
>>>>from 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. (Bicarb) soda
>>>>1 tsp. salt
>>>>2 cups sugar
>>>>18 oz. Hershey Bar (grated). (Cadbury chocolate for Australians)
>>>>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 Bicarb (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 (180) 375 degrees.
>>>>* The above quantities make 112 cookies.
>>>>
>
this attitude of the companies is just so wrong, when i but my groceries & frozen foods I only wait a while & yell for another check out to open & if not I leave it all sitting in the trolley & walk away. 
