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]

Last evening I attended an event called “Old School Cool VIntage Market.” It‘s a monthly outdoor event in an “arts district” and coincides with the standard First Friday hoopla in such districts — galleries staying open late, lotsa relatively young people out doing what relatively young people do on Friday nights, etc.

Friends were vending there, so I stopped by to say hi and to gauge whether what I have to sell might appeal to the crowds there (it was very well attended). There were leather jackets and cowboy boots with prices approaching what I’d have to get for my swag, but it was mostly far less spendy stuff. And it seems that “old school” means 1960s through ‘90s, mostly.

“Golden Era”? That might be a tough sell to the 20- and 30-somethings these days.