----------------- Forwarded Message: Subj: $250 Cookie recipe Date: 30/01/97 19:06:57 From: mdurkin@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Mark Durkin) To: dylanfan@aol.com I thought maybe we could help this guy get justice for getting screwed. I find it hard to believe that he didn't read the credit card slip before signing it. It has been passed to like 500 people already. My girlfriend made these last night. They are absolutely some of the best cookies I've ever had. Although 2 cups of butter can't be that good for you, but you can cut the recipe in half. If you feel you want to pass it on to the rest of the group, please do. >>>>>From Bruce Berg (violinist) >>>>> >>>>>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.