 now when it comes to marketing we don t claim to be the smartest people on the planet now when it comes to marketing we don t claim to be the smartest people on the planet but we have access to some advisors that we feel are pretty darn smart when it comes to this stuff gpawn s philosophy prior to this wise counsel has always been that as soon as anyone asks the question   gee is it anything like pawn stars on television   it s pretty much the same response we re not in vegas we re in glendale az and our customers are pretty much like you and me good solid hardworking folks who need a quick loan to pay off a doctor visit or maybe need to sell some stuff because they have too much stuff there s also a bunch of people that come to see us in order to save a bunch of money on some very nice topquality merchandise that s not to say that we don t see some pretty interesting things come through the door it s just that we re glendale pawn and jewelry  not a television show we re not television stars because we re busy helping people it s what we do so when some very talented marketing advisors recommended to us that   hey you guys need to play off the whole pawn stars thing  gpawn sighed and grudgingly said okay so here we go  today s question  who would you rather hang out with  let s begin with  this guy rick harrison guess he owns some pawn shop in vegas that s been getting a lot of attention these days first of all he s from las vegas this is a city that is known around the world for being very good at separating you from your money second he s always calling in his buddies who just happen to be experts on such things as 18 th century wooden toothpick holders or some other nonsense look at him just look at him he doesn t look very pleasant does he  gpawn says   i d be looking over my shoulder for the cops and hanging on to my wallet just standing next to this guy  followed by  our guy stan grossman  he owns glendale pawn and jewelry right here in glendale az what s glendale known for great hardworking people solid families of all configurations and honest moneysaving values stan also has much more hair than rick harrison does it s great hair too  here s a closeup of stan s great hair stan also has a fantastic smile does a great daffy duck impression for the kids and is known for helping people with a loan buying their stuff when there s just too much stuff around the house and also saving people 30 60 on top quality merchandise have you ever seen rick harrison give a little kid a sucker nope stan gives suckers to kids of all ages ever seen rick harrison give away a free dvd just because he wanted to make sure a customer would come back and visit again nope but stan does it all the time ever seen stan call in buddies of his who just happen to be experts in everything imaginable  never stan doesn t need experts to make a deal stan is the expert at glendale pawn and jewelry  take a good look at stan now don t you feel better about everything how many people have you met that made you feel good just hanging around with them  gpawn says   no contest i d rather hang out with stan anytime  good we thought you d agree  score stan grossman 1 rick harrison 0 legal disclaimer  none of this is meant to besmirch the mighty and welldeserved reputation of pawn stars or to imply that you d lose your wallet if you stood next to rick harrison we do not mean to suggest that if your hair is not as good as stan s then there must be a character flaw within you we also looked on the internet until we found the most awful photo of rick harrison that we could just a bit of full disclosure for you it s just the usual incoherent ramblings of our resident curmudgeon and pawn shop blogger nothing to see here everyone just move along now   gpawn insider info  stan is not available at the present time to veto suggest another topic or withhold approval of this blog post so gpawn felt it was a good time to publish it great to see you again  gpawn gpawn s pick of the post new slot machine nope it s a pachinko machine  why lose your money in vegas when you can lose it at home   oh yeah it comes with a key so you can get your money back     blog post  now when it comes to marketing we don t claim to be the smartest people on the planet but we have access to some advisors that we feel are pretty darn smart when it comes to this stuff 