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This is a true story. Please forward when you finish

reading!

A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know

already,

is a very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical

$8.00 t-shirt for $50.00.

THIS IS A TRUE STORY

My daughter and I had just finished lunch at a

Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas . Because both of us are

such biscuit lovers, we decided to try the

" Neiman-Marcus cookie " . It was so excellent that I

asked if they would give me the recipe.

The waitress said with a small frown, " I'm afraid not,

but you can BUY the recipe. "

I asked how much, and she responded; " Only two fifty -

it's a great deal! " I agreed to that, and told her to

add it to my bill.

Thirty days later, I got my VISA statement, and the

Neiman-Marcus charge was $285.00.

I looked at it again, and I remembered I had only

spent $9.95 for two sandwiches and about $20.00 for a

scarf.

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 had 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. " 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.

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 said, OK, you've 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 world with an e-mail account gets a $250 cookie

recipe from Neiman-Marcus...

for free.

She replied, " I wish you wouldn't do that. "

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 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 from this recipe!

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 (500 ml) cups butter

24 oz. (680 g) chocolate chips

4 (1000 ml) cups flour

2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar

2 tsp. (10 ml) (Bicarb) soda

1 tsp. (5 ml) salt

2 (500 ml) cups sugar

18 oz. (500 g) Hershey Bar (grated). (Cadbury

chocolate for Australians

& South Africans)

5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal

4 eggs

2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder

2 tsp. (10 ml) vanilla

3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts ( optional )

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine

powder.

Cream the butter and both sugars.

Method

Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour,

oatmeal, salt,

baking powder and Bicarb (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 (180 *C ) 375 degrees.

The above quantities make * 112 cookies.

Enjoy!

PLEASE KEEP THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU

KNOW

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In a message dated 12/14/2007 5:44:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, stompingelk@... writes:

This is a true story. Please forward when you finishreading!A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't knowalready,is a very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical$8.00 t-shirt for $50.00.

That is insane!!!! I HAD to check it out on Snopes.com..it's False : /

http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/cookie.asp

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