A friend of mine sent me this today.
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is
a very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for
$50.00. 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
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 Dept. lady which govern fraud
in the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better
Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney Generals office for engaging in
fraud. I was basically told "Do what you want. Don't think of how you
can get even, and don't bother trying to get your money back. I just
said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00 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 USA with an email account has a $250.00 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 $250.00 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make
anot er penny off of this recipe.
NEWMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (recipe my be halved)
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
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 power. 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 doe ten minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies
A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is
a very expensive store; i.e., they sell your typical $8.00 T-shirt for
$50.00. 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
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 Dept. lady which govern fraud
in the state of Texas. I threatened to report them to the Better
Business Bureau and the Texas Attorney Generals office for engaging in
fraud. I was basically told "Do what you want. Don't think of how you
can get even, and don't bother trying to get your money back. I just
said, "Okay, you folks got my $250.00 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 USA with an email account has a $250.00 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 $250.00 for this, and I don't want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make
anot er penny off of this recipe.
NEWMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (recipe my be halved)
2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
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 power. 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 doe ten minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies
and then once other time and halved the recipe. I would check to see if it was the same one, but can't because it's been packed along with all our other things.
