Flea markets

Flea markets
Flea markets, or Mercado de Pulgas, in Puerto Rico are outdoor locations where vendors and would-be buyers meet on weekends to haggle over prices. Wares go from rusty candelabra to beautiful orchids to hand-fed exotic birds to new and used clothing.

In the San Juan area, the best known has moved to different locations. It is currently open Saturdays and Sundays at the entrance to the San José sector off Barbosa Avenue in Hato Rey. A parking lot next door charges a flat fee of one dollar with no time limits. Vendors pay a small fee to set up a tent and tables with their merchandise.

Bayamón has a somewhat classier flea market in the Rexville sector, off route 167 between Bayamón and Naranjito

San Sebastián's flea market is principally a farmer's market. Vendors sell produce, live poultry and cattle along with regular flea market wares.

By far the largest of all is located in Mayagüez, near the airport on Route 2.

Any person can set up a kiosk at any of the flea markets by paying a small fee (around $35.) to the flea market operator. At this time flea market vendors are not required to have a municipal sales license or comply with other requirements. This is bound to change soon, as new laws implementing sales taxes are underway as of June 2006.

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