> > In my country we do not even have garage sales, so my answer was about what I would call it if I ever did one... and that's a garage sale, since I never heard or read about anyone calling it anything different.
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> What country is that, Herx?
> In some parts of the world the market place (el mercado?) is very much like American flea markets. That is, you can by almost anything there. I spent some time in such a market it Central America and it seemed to be working very well. Thursday was market day, and if you didn't go then, you might not get to buy what you needed until Thursday rolled around again. They didn't have shopping malls and only a few stores.

It's in Argentina. Here there is no such thing a garage sale. There are flea markets, though. However, they are not as popular as garage sales seem to be in other countries. People buy stuff in flea markets, but it is unusual for people to offer their own stuff there...
I have never been to one, and if I ever had something I did not want to use any more I either gave it to someone in my family or threw it away.