Between doubts and motivations, more and more people are joining the garage sales in Las Tunas, a striking opportunity to renew the wardrobe and even some household utensils, in addition to mobilizing the family economy a little.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- Regarding the regulations established to develop sales and their most recent updates, Arcadis Javier Estrada Rodríguez, the coordinator of programs and objectives of the Municipal Administration Council, told the Cuban News Agency (ACN) that, in Las Tunas, this activity is authorized on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

As an eventual marketing modality, in line with Resolution 102 of 2021, the possibility of making sales in garages, portals, and other residential areas is maintained, as long as they do not obstruct traffic on sidewalks and roads, Estrada Rodríguez clarified. They can also be organized by the territorial authorities in parks, plazas and similar locations, the director pointed out.

Among the most frequent doubts of the population is whether the person must have a commercial permit or license to work on their own, and about what products they can market.

Estrada Rodríguez stressed that no permit is needed and that the items can be for domestic and personal use, used, pre-owned and new. 

He added that the commercialization of batches of new items imported or from the national industry, animal skins, precious woods, and food is excluded.

In Las Tunas, these regulations were collected by the Municipal Administration Council in Agreement 893, of December 22, 2021, after an analysis of the current situation of the internal market and the need to make marketing modalities more flexible.

Likewise, he added, the regulations stipulate that the promotion and announcements for sales can be made through various channels, including social networks; they can be placed in doorways and in homes facing the street, from the day before they are carried out and until they are finished.

Lianne Ponce de León told the ACN that since her daughter Grecia's clothes were too small for her, practically new, she decided to hold a garage sale and thus give other families an opportunity, besides being able to recover part of the money she invested in its purchase.

"Although sometimes it is difficult shedding of with some things, especially when they have sentimental value, such as my baby's clothes, the financial need is a reality, and so I can use that money to buy other things, including food," the young woman said.

The publication on social media draws attention to other people who are already planning to take out clothes, shoes, jewelry, and other items, to try their luck in the sales that today occupy garages, corridors, and portals in Las Tunas.