The $250.00 Neiman-marcus Cookie Recipe

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanila: 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.

The following is a TRUE STORY:

My daughter and 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 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
that 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-Marus 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 a
moment, thinking of how I could get even, or even try to 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.