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Old March 10th, 2008, 12:54 AM
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Talking Neiman-Marcus cookie Recipe ($250.00)

When decent people get screwed over, this is the results!

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 wa s $285.00! I looked again, and I remembered I had only s pent
$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 (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 powder2 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.

PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU K NOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THIS IS REALLY TERRIFIC!!

Even if the people on your e-mail list don't eat sweets send it to them and ask them to pass it on. Let's make sure we get these ladies $250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they really are good
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Old March 11th, 2008, 12:52 PM
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Default Re: Neiman-Marcus cookie Recipe ($250.00)

Hmm. I've seen this Neiman Marcus recipe floating around, but every incarnation seems a little different. I tried one made with instant coffee granules and no oatmeal --very different from this-- which also claimed to be a Neiman Marcus recipe. It was good, but nothing special. Makes me wonder which is the true one!
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Old March 11th, 2008, 05:39 PM
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Default Re: Neiman-Marcus cookie Recipe ($250.00)

karenlyn - I have at least 18 "original", "the-real-thing", "top secret" copies of this recipe. Funny thing is - I also have several recipes IDENTICAL to some of these claims that were in print before Neiman-Marcus made the cookies.

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Old March 25th, 2008, 04:59 PM
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Default Re: Neiman-Marcus cookie Recipe ($250.00)

Looks like this is an urban legend. I saw the same email years ago except the recipe was for Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Neiman-Marcus Cookie
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