i got this fowarded email from fren
...when you go to Famous Amos Café, Bangsar
>
> This is a true story
> My daughter and I had just finished a muffin at
> Famous Amos Café in Bangsar & decided to
> have some cookies. Because both of us are such
> a cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Hawaiian
> Nut 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 cannot". 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
> bill"
>
> Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement
> from Famous Amos and it was RM285.00. I
> looked again and remembered I had only spent
> RM9.95 for two muffins and about RM20.00 for a
> pie. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it
> said, "cookie recipe - RM250.00". That's
> outrages!!!
>
> I called the Famous Amos'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. Famous Amos 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 explain to her the criminal statues which govern
> fraud in Malaysia. I threatened to refer them to
> police for engaging in fraud. I was basically
> told, "Do what you want, we don't care, and we're
> not refunding your money." I waited for a moment,
> thinking of how I could get even, or even try to get
> any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you
> people got my RM2-50.00, and now I'm going to
> have a RM250.00 worth of fun."
> I told her that I was going to see to it that every
> cookie lover in Malaysia with an email account
> has a RM250.00 cookie recipe from Famous
> Amos...for free... She replied, "I wish you wouldn't
> do this" I said, "Well you should have thought of
> that before you stole from me", and slammed
> down the phone on her.
>
> So, here it is!!! Please, please please pass it on
> to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid
> RM250.00 dollars for this...I don't want Famous
> Amos to ever get another cent off of this recipe.....
> Recipe may be halved:
>
> 2 cups butter
> 4 cups flour
> 2 tsp. baking soda
> 2 cups granulated sugar
> 2 cups brown sugar
> 5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal &
> blend in blender
> to a fine powder)
> 24 oz. chocolate chips
> 1 tsp. salt
> 18 oz. Cadbury bar (grated)
> 4 eggs
> 2 tsp. baking powder
> 3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
> 2 tsp. vanilla
>
> cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and
> vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt,
> baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips,
> Cadbury bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place
> two inches apart on a cookie sheet.. bake for 10
> minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 122 cookies..
>
> Have fun..!!
>
> This is not a joke - this a true story...Ride free ,
> this isn't some stupid chain letter either...pass it
> on...if you don't, you won't die or get
> dumped...you'll just do the world an injustice...
maybe u guys might try the recipe and sell hehehe
...when you go to Famous Amos Café, Bangsar
>
> This is a true story
> My daughter and I had just finished a muffin at
> Famous Amos Café in Bangsar & decided to
> have some cookies. Because both of us are such
> a cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Hawaiian
> Nut 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 cannot". 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
> bill"
>
> Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement
> from Famous Amos and it was RM285.00. I
> looked again and remembered I had only spent
> RM9.95 for two muffins and about RM20.00 for a
> pie. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it
> said, "cookie recipe - RM250.00". That's
> outrages!!!
>
> I called the Famous Amos'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. Famous Amos 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 explain to her the criminal statues which govern
> fraud in Malaysia. I threatened to refer them to
> police for engaging in fraud. I was basically
> told, "Do what you want, we don't care, and we're
> not refunding your money." I waited for a moment,
> thinking of how I could get even, or even try to get
> any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you
> people got my RM2-50.00, and now I'm going to
> have a RM250.00 worth of fun."
> I told her that I was going to see to it that every
> cookie lover in Malaysia with an email account
> has a RM250.00 cookie recipe from Famous
> Amos...for free... She replied, "I wish you wouldn't
> do this" I said, "Well you should have thought of
> that before you stole from me", and slammed
> down the phone on her.
>
> So, here it is!!! Please, please please pass it on
> to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid
> RM250.00 dollars for this...I don't want Famous
> Amos to ever get another cent off of this recipe.....
> Recipe may be halved:
>
> 2 cups butter
> 4 cups flour
> 2 tsp. baking soda
> 2 cups granulated sugar
> 2 cups brown sugar
> 5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal &
> blend in blender
> to a fine powder)
> 24 oz. chocolate chips
> 1 tsp. salt
> 18 oz. Cadbury bar (grated)
> 4 eggs
> 2 tsp. baking powder
> 3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
> 2 tsp. vanilla
>
> cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and
> vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt,
> baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips,
> Cadbury bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place
> two inches apart on a cookie sheet.. bake for 10
> minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 122 cookies..
>
> Have fun..!!
>
> This is not a joke - this a true story...Ride free ,
> this isn't some stupid chain letter either...pass it
> on...if you don't, you won't die or get
> dumped...you'll just do the world an injustice...
maybe u guys might try the recipe and sell hehehe
