>The power of e-mail is shown below! A Texan with the urge to get even
>with Nieman Marcus!
>
> This is a true story. Pass it on!!!
>
>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". 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." 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. Nieman-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 crap, and we're not refunding your money." I waited, thinking
>of 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 with an e-mail account has a
>$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 slammed down the phone on her.
>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
>Nieman-Marcus to *ever* get another penny off of this recipe....
>
> (Recipe may be halved.):
>
>$250 DOLLAR COOKIE RECIPE:
>
> 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
> 3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
> 2 tsp. vanilla
>
> ** 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.
>
>
>
>Professor John J. Audley
>Department of Political Science
>2247 LAEB
>Purdue University
>W. Lafayette, Indiana 47906
>
>317: 494-7599
>fax 494-0833
>audley(at)polsci.purdue.edu
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