Sweet Revenge
The ULTIMATE in Sweet Revenge. Enjoy, then pass it on!
Perhaps this is a little vindictive but every once in a while I
have to smile when a big company
is taught a lesson by a thinking citizen.
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.
Let's let them have it!
THIS IS A TRUE STORY
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 (divide all amounts by 4 to make a smaller batch)
Note - Recipe
may 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 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. (28)
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW
WHO HAS AN E-MAIL
ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY
TERRIFIC! Have fun!!! This is not a joke-it's a true story.
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