{"id":2395,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2395"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Neiman-Marcus-Cookie-Hoax---$250-Cookie-Recipe---Hoax-Slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2395","title":{"rendered":"Neiman Marcus Cookie Hoax &#8211; $250 Cookie Recipe &#8211; Hoax-Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"inner-post-entry\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCirculating message claims that a person tricked into paying $250 for the Neiman Marcus Cookie recipe is taking revenge against the company by distributing the recipe for free.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe message is an old hoax. \u00a0There is simply no truth at all in this tale. Neiman Marcus does <b>not<\/b> sell its cookie recipe for $250 or even $2.50. In fact, the cookie recipe is publicly available  \u00a0&#8211; at no cost at all &#8211; via the \u00a0Neiman Marcus website. The hoax is just a more current reworking of much older stories that named other companies and recipes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subject: FW: COOKIE RECIPE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A GREAT STORY&#8230;And a delicious recipe!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>THIS IS A TRUE STORY!<br \/>\nMy 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 &#8220;Neiman-Marcus cookie.&#8221; It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe, and the waitress said with a small frown, &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid not, but you can buy the recipe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, I asked how much, and she responded, &#8220;Only two fifty-it&#8217;s a great deal!&#8221; I agreed to that, and told her to just add it to my tab.<\/p>\n<p>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, &#8220;Cookie Recipe-$250.00&#8221;. That was outrageous!<\/p>\n<p>I called Neiman&#8217;s Accounting Department and told them the waitress said it was &#8220;two fifty&#8221;, which clearly does not mean &#8220;two hundred and fifty dollars&#8221; by any reasonable interpretation of the phrase. Neiman-Marcus refused to budge. They would not refund my money because, according to them, &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s office for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, &#8220;Do what you want. Don&#8217;t bother thinking of how you can get even, and don&#8217;t bother trying to get any of your money back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I just said, &#8220;Okay, you folks got my $250, and now I&#8217;m going to have $250 worth of fun.&#8221; 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&#8230;for free. She replied, &#8220;I wish you wouldn&#8217;t do this.&#8221; I said, &#8220;Well, perhaps you should have thought of that before you ripped off!&#8221; and slammed down the phone.<\/p>\n<p>So here it is!<\/p>\n<p>Please, please, please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid $250 for this, and I don&#8217;t want Neiman-Marcus to EVER make another penny from this recipe!<\/p>\n<p>NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)<\/p>\n<p>2 cups butter<br \/>\n24 oz.chocolate chips<br \/>\n4 cups flour<br \/>\n2 cups brown sugar<br \/>\n2 tsp. soda<br \/>\n1 tsp. salt<br \/>\n2 cups sugar<br \/>\n1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)<br \/>\n5 cups blended oatmeal<br \/>\n4 eggs<br \/>\n2 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n2 tsp. vanilla<br \/>\n3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)<\/p>\n<p>Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder.<br \/>\nCream the butter and both sugars.<br \/>\nAdd eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.<br \/>\nAdd chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts.<br \/>\nRoll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.<br \/>\nBake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE READ THE RECIPE AND SEND IT TO EVERY PERSON YOU KNOW WHO HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! THE COOKIES ARE REALLY TERRIFIC!! Even if the people on your e-mail list don&#8217;t eat sweets, send it to them and ask them to pass it on. Let&#8217;s make sure we get this lady&#8217;s $250.00 worth. Enjoy the cookies, they are good<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/neiman-marcus-cookie.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/neiman-marcus-cookie.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Circulating message claims that a person tricked into paying $250 for the Neiman Marcus Cookie recipe is taking revenge against the company by distributing the recipe for free. Brief Analysis: The message is an old hoax. \u00a0There is simply no truth at all in this tale. 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