From: DüerkopvcA== To: "Heidi Steiner" , "Gertrud Beterams" , "Carsten Luedtge" , "Burkhard Sonntag" , "Bigvogel" , BärbelVs , "2 Berlinerzimmer [BeZi] liste" Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 08:44:45 +0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Subject: [BeZi] Sweet Revenge, ein 250 $ Rezept Sender: liste-owner@mail.berlinerzimmer.de Reply-To: liste@mail.berlinerzimmer.de > > THIS IS A TRUE STORY: > > >My daughter and I had just finished a salad at a > Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas and decided to have a > small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie > lovers, we decided to try the "Ne iman-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 with approval, > just add it to my tab I told her. Thirty days later, I > received my VISA statement 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 was 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. > 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 you money at this point." I explained to > her the criminal statues which govern fraud in Texas. > I threatened to refer them to the Better Business > Bureau and the State Attorney General Office for > engaging in fraud. > > I was basically told, "Do what you want, it doesn't > matter, 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 for > this...I don't want Neiman-Marcus to *ever* get > another penny off of this recipe.... > > NEIMAN MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved) > > 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 > 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. Makes 112 cookies. > > PLEASE READ IT AND SEND TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC. Have fun!!! This is not a joke-this is a true story. Ride free, citizens! > > -- > Ginna G. Geal > > __________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > ======================== P + X + L = ICH http://www.berlinerzimmer.de/tagebau/dasbuch.htm Abmelden: E-Mail an imailsrv@berlinerzimmer.de "unsubscribe liste"