2nd Hand

Thrift stores are popping up all over near me. We also have a thriving group of 2nd hand traders on facebook in my area. So I was wondering what everyone else thinks of them. I personally have been shopping second hand stores for years. I love to shop and don't have a shoppers bank account, so off to the thrift store I go. I especially like to purchase outfits for events from there. It never fails if I get invited to a wedding some one else is going from the last wedding I attended so I can't wear the same dress again. Off to the consignment store I go in hopes that someone else bought a dress wore it once and decided it wasn't for them. I also get a lot of the name brand clothes my daughter likes from them because it fits today but tomorrow is never a sure thing so i don't want to pay an arm and a leg for it. The one thing I don't like is consignment shops that have the most stuck up rudest people working there. I stopped going to one because I was in shopping one day and after dirty looks when I walked in, I then overheard a conversation about the junk someone tried to consign. These girls were just being plain mean and nasty describing this person's stuff. I decided that I would never return as I do love to shop the thrift and consignment stores as well as consign and I never wanted to feel like someone was talking like that about me after I left. Lucky for me another store popped up nearby and they couldn't be nicer. So anyway do you shop second hand? Do you consign at a consignment stores have you ebayed your second hand stuff?