Edison Retail Salesman Manual - Have you seen one?

[rgordon939]

Has anyone seen one of these “Edison Retail Salesman’s Manual”? Pretty interesting piece.

Rich Gordon

[EdiBrunsVic]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing it.

[Jerry B.]

Wow, that's got to be an unusual piece of literature.

Thanks, Jerry

[Raphael]

How many pages is it? Maybe you could scan them and submit it to APS for their archives? (Don't you just love it when somebody volunteers your efforts?).

Raphael

[rgordon939]

Don’t know if I want to scan it, it’s pretty thick. The last page is #505. In places it skips from page 250 to 300. I don’t know if this was designed that way or if sections could be added or deleted. I’ve had this for years but just took it out again a few days ago.

Rich Gordon

[Raphael]

Maybe APS could borrow it and do the scan themselves? I’m sure the brass will be in touch with you if they want it.

Raphael

[rgordon939]

Ok so I went back and took a better look and here is what I found. All together there’s about 140 pages. After the introduction it skips to page 100 and after each group it skips to the next 100 range. Added a few pictures.

Rich Gordon

Pages 100-143 Edison Re-Creations 50001-50343 - $1.00 apiece
Pages 201-251 Edison Records 80010-80305 - $1.50 apiece
Pages 301-313 Edison Records 82031-82103 - $2.00 apiece
Pages 401-406 Edison Records 82510-82544 - $2.50 apiece
Pages 501-505 Edison Records 83002-83042 - $3.00 apiece

[Inigo]

So most of it is an explained catalogue of the records...? I'd be much more interested in that first part learning the dealers about how to promote the Edison products...

[rgordon939]

That is what the first bunch of pages are about, teaching them how to conduct business and themselves. Here are the pages.

Rich Gordon

[52089]

Wonderful and fascinating. Thanks for posting this. One could do a fascinating psychological study based on this document - how they want to sell, how they don't, who the targets are and why, etc.