I've seen that story many months ago, and I still doubt it to be true.
 
  The greatest tip off to its fallacity is that the author writes that 
his credit card statement said "Cookie Recipe - $250.00"  (Since when 
have credit card companies been itemizing your charges?  They don't, and 
they can't.  They only list the name of the merchant as listed in their 
account).
 
   Furthermore, if the author had given it much thought, his first avenue 
would have been to dispute the charges with the credit card company.  I'm 
sure the credit card company would have charge backed after reviewing 
such a dispute.
 
    And I can't assume that the author signed a credit card receipt and 
didn't notice the amount.  Neither can I assume that he _didn't_ sign 
such a receipt but still feels there's no way out of the charge.
 
     Somebody should try out the recipe and see if that's a fraud, too. :)

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