Post by mustang1 on Jan 17, 2007 13:34:41 GMT -5
I am posting this from another board,
Please read below and enjoy!
When decent people get screwed over, these are 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 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 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 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.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW 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....
Susan McRoberts
Legal Assistant for William J. Granberry
Brin & Brin, P.C.
1202 Third Street Corpus Christi, TX 78404
PHONE: (361)881-9643
FAX: (361)883-0506
EMAIL: _smcroberts@..._
(http://us.f602.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=smcroberts@brinandbrin.com)
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Please read below and enjoy!
When decent people get screwed over, these are 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 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 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 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.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW 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....
Susan McRoberts
Legal Assistant for William J. Granberry
Brin & Brin, P.C.
1202 Third Street Corpus Christi, TX 78404
PHONE: (361)881-9643
FAX: (361)883-0506
EMAIL: _smcroberts@..._
(http://us.f602.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=smcroberts@brinandbrin.com)
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