Is it me or has it become harder to sell things on Classifieds or anywhere else?

[Amy Jeanne]

I was "too rockabilly for school" in the 00s and early 10s in Philadelphia, but I always supported the newbies. The others in that "clique" would mock a newbie when they got up from the table. When I started to shift to more 60s and 70s looks, I was then shunned. That scene is now 10000% dead. I moved across the country, but I still have contact with some of the people from that scene. 100% of them are no longer into rockabilly/vintage/being "too cool".

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^^
I’ve observed before how some think it their place to police what is and what isn’t “correct” about their particular fascinations, be it vintage attire or domestic furnishings or whatever. There’s a lot of that in certain MCM circles, and it‘s generally off-putting. Hardly the way to win friends and influence people.

So I’m left thinking they don’t really wish to bring others into the fold. And really, it betrays a certain rigidity, and often a fundamental misunderstanding of that to which they claim expertise.