UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 6:03 p.m.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) -- An unemployed Wisconsin teen spent the first 19 years of his life as Calvin Gosz, but after selling his naming rights you can now call him Verkkokauppa Com.

Gosz says he was running out of money so he went on eBay and offered to legally change his name for $5,000. The Finnish consumer electronics Web site took him up on it.

The purchase was finalized Friday and the money sent via PayPal shortly after noon.

Gosz says he was surprised to find a taker -- and surprised they transferred the money -- but he's excited the company was able to support him.

Gosz says he plans to start the name-change process next week, though he admits at this point he has doesn't know how to do it. He said the company didn't give him a deadline.

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Information from: The Sheboygan Press, http://www.sheboygan-press.com

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Posted Wednesday, November 4, 2009 --- 9:40 p.m.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Unemployed and desperate, a 19-year-old Sheboygan man is trying to sell one of the only things he owns -- his name.

Calvin Gosz has put the rights to give him a new name on eBay.

He says if people can have a name like Mercedes for free, "why wouldn't McDonald's pay for me to have Ronald McDonald as a name?"

Gosz says he moved to Wisconsin from Florida in September. He's filled out more than a dozen job applications, but so far no luck.

Of his decision to go on eBay, he says, "I guess it just kind of goes to show the desperation of some people to try and get some money if they can't find work."

The minimum bid is $5,000 -- but so far there's no takers.

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Information from: WTMJ-TV, http://www.todaystmj4.com

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)