[RML] spam Fwd: no joke, read it and pass it on
tex1 (tex1 at airmail.net)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 19:18:38 -0600
>> From: Nancy Attridge
>> ================= Begin forwarded message =================
>>
>> Subject: no joke, read it and pass it on...then make it (fwd)
>> Date: Fri, 29 Nov
>>
>>
>> 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....
>>
>> $250 DOLLAR COOKIE RECIPE:
>>
>> 2 cups butter
>> 4 cups flour
>> 2 tsp. soda
>> 2 cups sugar
>> 5 cups blended oatmeal **
>> 24 oz. chocolate chips (try with 12oz. of Ghiradelli
>> double choc.
>> chips and 12 oz. of Ghiradelli semi-sweet)
>> 2 cups brown sugar
>> 1 tsp. salt
>> 1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated) (try a Ghiradelli bar to
>> match the chips)
>> 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.
>>
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