According to this report, agents resorted to selling the Remington Standard No. 1 at less than cost as sales were so tough.
Bengough’s Cosmopolitan Shorthand Writer (Toronto), February-March 1883 –
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The Remington Standard No. 1 was a hard sell
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A pleasure to read something that puts early typewriters in historical perspective from the salesman’s point of view and shows user attitudes.