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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 23

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

I made a very remarkable trade at one time for my employers by purchasing, in their absence, a whole wagon load of green glass bottles of various sizes, for which I paid in unsalable goods at very profitable prices. How to dispose of the bottles was then the problem, and as it was also desirable to get rid of a large quantity of tin ware which had been in the shop for years and was considerably “shop-worn,” I conceived the idea of a lottery in which the highest prize should be twenty-five dollars, payable in any goods the winner desired, while there were to be fifty prizes of five dollars each, payable in goods, to be designated in the scheme. Then there were one hundred prizes of one dollar each, one hundred prizes of fifty cents each, and three hundred prizes of twenty-five cents each. It is unnecessary to state that the minor prizes consisted mainly of glass and tin ware; the tickets sold like wildfire, and the worn tin and glass bottles were speedily turned into cash.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 23 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆替老板做了一笔妙交易:趁老板不在,用卖不掉的货换回一整车的绿玻璃瓶,进价很划算。但怎么处理瓶子成了难题,店里还有一堆积压多年的旧锡器。他想到办抽奖:头奖25美元任意选货,50个5美元奖,100个1美元奖,100个50美分奖,300个25美分奖,小奖主要是玻璃和锡器。结果彩票卖疯了,旧货迅速变成现金。核心是:用抽奖把滞销品变成抢手货。做法是设计有吸引力的奖项,把库存当奖品,快速回笼资金。

上下文

巴纳姆在商店当店员时,老板不在,他自作主张做了一笔以货易货的交易,随后用抽奖方式处理换来的滞销品。

今日一问

你手头有没有卖不掉的库存,能不能换个玩法变成别人想要的东西?

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