Automatic World
Issue: 1932-November - Page 20
A0TOMATIC
November, 1932
PHILADELPHIA NEWS
(Continued from page 13)
the most active vandals is an ex-
pert in removing the
telephones
noiselessly and cleanly, carrying
them away in a specially-made black
bag.
*
*
*
Evidently some New York coin
machine concerns consider Philadel-
phia, Pa., a good field for business,
or else mean to try it out, anyway,
for they are advertising direct to
the public in the classified columns
of Quaker City newspapers.
*
*
*
According to the Manufacturers'
Sales Co., 1214 Spring Garden street,
Philadelphia, Pa., pin games continue
to be very popular in many locations
and penny vending machines are do-
ing well. While business up to the
second week of October had not
been particularly lively as a whole,
it was said that there was every rea-
son to expect gradual improvement
from then on, through the fall and
winter months.
*
*
*
TheR. K. Vending Machine Co.,
represented by the Messrs. Rotman
and Kauffman, has opened quarters
in Room 808 in the building at 1211
Chestnut street, Philade~phia, Pa.,
pr.e senting a new five-way vending
machine. Five different brands of
penny merchandise are thus deliver-
ed. Under the headline, "Be Your
Own Boss," the company has heen
advertising in the local newspapers
to obtain its desired clientele. Nuf-
Sed.
*
*
*
A Philadelphia, Pa., jobber of
coin machines, who prefers to . be
"nameless" as regards publicity,
says he is now advising all operators
who buy from him to store 'any
candy, 01' sugar-coated gum supplies
where mice cannot get at them. One
of . his operator customers left his,
candied gum supplies for reserve in
his automobile stored in a garage
and mice ruined all he had purchased
for a week in advance.
•
Three New Models
Going Big
David J. White, the genial coin
machine manufacturer from Balti-
more, Md ., was a caller at the job-
bing establishment of Meyer Wolf,
1212-14 South Fifth street, Phila-
delphia, Pa., on October 27. Here
WORLD
were displayed a sample of each of
three new'e st models produced by
Mr. White's factory, at 1210 North
Charles street, Baltimore, namely,
Pros-Periti Senior, Pros-Periti Jun-
ior, and Gold Koast-all pin tables,
ornately constructed, the first and
last mentioned having frames in
two-tone wood, with gilt-edged side
panels.
Gold-Koast's playboard is
These pin
' especially ornamental.
boards, about which Mr. White is
highly enthusisastic as regards their
successful reception by jobbers,
strike a new note with their quickly
removable cash box and slot, these
features eliminating the necessity of
ever having to take the table apart
for adjustment, or of searching in
the rear portion, the balls always
dropping in front. The AUTOMAT-
IC WORLD correspondent was told
by Mr. White that the models had
"taken New York by storm."
•
Live Wire Jobber W ins
Bet; P roves Salesman-
ship to be A sset to
Success
One of those busy Saturday morn-
ings when Marty Rosen, manager of
the New York City branch for D.
Robbins & Co. at 313 East Thir-
teenth street, had his hands full just
tending to customers, one of the new
operators stolled arrogantly into his
office and demanded to know what
was new in the market.
Realizing that pleasantness is a
tradition among better salesmen,
Marty put on that siren-like smile
and took him into the inner sanctum
to show him the great little Goofy
machine which had just arrived. With
much praise and many flourishes
Marty went into a grand sales talk.
In fact, he talked long and hard and
at last convinced this Mr. Cynical
Operator that there was quality and
play and features on the Goofy which
would make him money on location.
It seemed as if all there was left
to do was for Marty to take Mr.
Cynic's money, wrap up the pur-
chases and ~bid him bon voyage. But,
(aren't there always "buts" in ev-
ery deal?) Mr. Cynical Operator still
felt he had one which Marty wouldn't
be able to answer.
So, like the
sharpshooter he was he said to our
ever-trying salesman, "I admit that
Seventeen
Goofy looks like a winner, but where
in Little Old New York can you place
a machine when every pool-room, ci-
gar store, candy store, and even boot-
black has a machine?"
But did this faze our hero Marty?
We should say not. He again start-
ed on a new sales talk with the
breath he had just gained while Mr.
Cynic was orating. But, no buts,
Cynical Operator couldn't see it at
all, at all. . Then to climax the sit-
uation our hero Marty bet him tick-
ets to a good show that if Mr. Cyn-
ical Operator would pay for the ma-
chines, he, Marty, would place them
for him. And Mr. Cynical Operator
took the het. Marty told him to
come back later . when things were
mo re .quiet, and since it was Satur-
day, he closed earlier and they would
start out on their great exploring eX-
pedition to find lo cations for that
great little Goofy machine. So
Marty called Dave Robbins, his boss,
and told him of the deal he had made
and Dave, really wanting to know
just how good a man our hero was,
said for him to go right ahead.
At three o'clock sharp there again
appeared in the doorway of this Rob-
bin s "!:>ranch the form and features
of none other than Mr. Cynical Op-
erator. Our hero wasted no time.
H e threw ten Goofy machines into
his (al', for that was all the room he
har!, and off they went with a chug-
gety, chuggety chug.
BelHwe it not not, dear readers,
at eight o'clock every machine was
plao::cd and in locations suitable to
Mr. Operator. Well, need we tell
you more? Mr. Operator was forced
to purchase one of those Broadway
dinners for Marty and Mrs. Rosen
ar.d also buy two "bald h ead" row
tickets for the couple, and did our
hero and heroine enjoy that evening?
Dpl1t €sk!
'W hatever the moral of this story
is, we leave that to you, dear read-
er,but to those enterprising jobbers
who really want to sell machines, OUr
he ro Marty shauld shine forth as an
example, or is it Dave Robbins who
sh ould receive the credit for being
able to pick good men. We leave
th e Test to you.
•
Genco, Inc., are helping operators
to feather their nests with their
latest offering "Jiggers."
Oper-
ators hav·e now learned that this firm
is one of the regular ones and can
be depended upon.
All their ma-
chines have been good ones and this
Jiggers is a master production.
November, 1932
PHILADELPHIA NEWS
(Continued from page 13)
the most active vandals is an ex-
pert in removing the
telephones
noiselessly and cleanly, carrying
them away in a specially-made black
bag.
*
*
*
Evidently some New York coin
machine concerns consider Philadel-
phia, Pa., a good field for business,
or else mean to try it out, anyway,
for they are advertising direct to
the public in the classified columns
of Quaker City newspapers.
*
*
*
According to the Manufacturers'
Sales Co., 1214 Spring Garden street,
Philadelphia, Pa., pin games continue
to be very popular in many locations
and penny vending machines are do-
ing well. While business up to the
second week of October had not
been particularly lively as a whole,
it was said that there was every rea-
son to expect gradual improvement
from then on, through the fall and
winter months.
*
*
*
TheR. K. Vending Machine Co.,
represented by the Messrs. Rotman
and Kauffman, has opened quarters
in Room 808 in the building at 1211
Chestnut street, Philade~phia, Pa.,
pr.e senting a new five-way vending
machine. Five different brands of
penny merchandise are thus deliver-
ed. Under the headline, "Be Your
Own Boss," the company has heen
advertising in the local newspapers
to obtain its desired clientele. Nuf-
Sed.
*
*
*
A Philadelphia, Pa., jobber of
coin machines, who prefers to . be
"nameless" as regards publicity,
says he is now advising all operators
who buy from him to store 'any
candy, 01' sugar-coated gum supplies
where mice cannot get at them. One
of . his operator customers left his,
candied gum supplies for reserve in
his automobile stored in a garage
and mice ruined all he had purchased
for a week in advance.
•
Three New Models
Going Big
David J. White, the genial coin
machine manufacturer from Balti-
more, Md ., was a caller at the job-
bing establishment of Meyer Wolf,
1212-14 South Fifth street, Phila-
delphia, Pa., on October 27. Here
WORLD
were displayed a sample of each of
three new'e st models produced by
Mr. White's factory, at 1210 North
Charles street, Baltimore, namely,
Pros-Periti Senior, Pros-Periti Jun-
ior, and Gold Koast-all pin tables,
ornately constructed, the first and
last mentioned having frames in
two-tone wood, with gilt-edged side
panels.
Gold-Koast's playboard is
These pin
' especially ornamental.
boards, about which Mr. White is
highly enthusisastic as regards their
successful reception by jobbers,
strike a new note with their quickly
removable cash box and slot, these
features eliminating the necessity of
ever having to take the table apart
for adjustment, or of searching in
the rear portion, the balls always
dropping in front. The AUTOMAT-
IC WORLD correspondent was told
by Mr. White that the models had
"taken New York by storm."
•
Live Wire Jobber W ins
Bet; P roves Salesman-
ship to be A sset to
Success
One of those busy Saturday morn-
ings when Marty Rosen, manager of
the New York City branch for D.
Robbins & Co. at 313 East Thir-
teenth street, had his hands full just
tending to customers, one of the new
operators stolled arrogantly into his
office and demanded to know what
was new in the market.
Realizing that pleasantness is a
tradition among better salesmen,
Marty put on that siren-like smile
and took him into the inner sanctum
to show him the great little Goofy
machine which had just arrived. With
much praise and many flourishes
Marty went into a grand sales talk.
In fact, he talked long and hard and
at last convinced this Mr. Cynical
Operator that there was quality and
play and features on the Goofy which
would make him money on location.
It seemed as if all there was left
to do was for Marty to take Mr.
Cynic's money, wrap up the pur-
chases and ~bid him bon voyage. But,
(aren't there always "buts" in ev-
ery deal?) Mr. Cynical Operator still
felt he had one which Marty wouldn't
be able to answer.
So, like the
sharpshooter he was he said to our
ever-trying salesman, "I admit that
Seventeen
Goofy looks like a winner, but where
in Little Old New York can you place
a machine when every pool-room, ci-
gar store, candy store, and even boot-
black has a machine?"
But did this faze our hero Marty?
We should say not. He again start-
ed on a new sales talk with the
breath he had just gained while Mr.
Cynic was orating. But, no buts,
Cynical Operator couldn't see it at
all, at all. . Then to climax the sit-
uation our hero Marty bet him tick-
ets to a good show that if Mr. Cyn-
ical Operator would pay for the ma-
chines, he, Marty, would place them
for him. And Mr. Cynical Operator
took the het. Marty told him to
come back later . when things were
mo re .quiet, and since it was Satur-
day, he closed earlier and they would
start out on their great exploring eX-
pedition to find lo cations for that
great little Goofy machine. So
Marty called Dave Robbins, his boss,
and told him of the deal he had made
and Dave, really wanting to know
just how good a man our hero was,
said for him to go right ahead.
At three o'clock sharp there again
appeared in the doorway of this Rob-
bin s "!:>ranch the form and features
of none other than Mr. Cynical Op-
erator. Our hero wasted no time.
H e threw ten Goofy machines into
his (al', for that was all the room he
har!, and off they went with a chug-
gety, chuggety chug.
BelHwe it not not, dear readers,
at eight o'clock every machine was
plao::cd and in locations suitable to
Mr. Operator. Well, need we tell
you more? Mr. Operator was forced
to purchase one of those Broadway
dinners for Marty and Mrs. Rosen
ar.d also buy two "bald h ead" row
tickets for the couple, and did our
hero and heroine enjoy that evening?
Dpl1t €sk!
'W hatever the moral of this story
is, we leave that to you, dear read-
er,but to those enterprising jobbers
who really want to sell machines, OUr
he ro Marty shauld shine forth as an
example, or is it Dave Robbins who
sh ould receive the credit for being
able to pick good men. We leave
th e Test to you.
•
Genco, Inc., are helping operators
to feather their nests with their
latest offering "Jiggers."
Oper-
ators hav·e now learned that this firm
is one of the regular ones and can
be depended upon.
All their ma-
chines have been good ones and this
Jiggers is a master production.
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