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Nov 5, 2009 9:57 am US/Central

Unemployed Wis. Man Puts His Name On EBay

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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