Left to chance

jones_supa writes “Sheboygan Press tells a story of an American youngster called Calvin Gosz who was selling a right to his name in eBay. The auction site later removed the item as inappropriate. However, the “Newegg of Finland”, Verkkokauppa.com caught on the idea and contacted Calvin via Facebook. For $5,000 Mr. Gosz changed his name to Verkkokauppa Com. Gosz, who moved to Sheboygan from Florida in September, said the name change was an idea to raise money after many unsuccessful attempts in finding a job. “That company has been great to me. I was just surprised they actually transferred the money. Nice of them to help me out like that.”, Calvin comments. He is eligible to change his name back after two months.”

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