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JEFF MARTIN Associated Press
MARIETTA, Ga. A global company has stepped in to solve quite a “coinundrum” for a Georgia man.
Andreas Flaten’s former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of final payment for his work at an auto shop, he said.
When Bellevue, Washington-based Coinstar heard about his predicament, they decided that change was needed.
They picked up Flaten’s coins on Thursday and rounded up the amount to give him a $1,000 check.
They also made donations to two charities of Flaten’s choosing: two animal shelters.
“Coinstar has been in the coin business for 30 years and we process approximately 41 billion coins annually so picking up 91,000 pennies was all in a day’s work,” Coinstar CEO Jim Gaherity said in a statement.
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A global company has stepped in to solve quite a “coinundrum” for a US man, whose ex-employer paid him his final payment in the form of 90,000 pennies.
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Not exactly pennies from heaven Andreas Flaten says goodbye to the wheelbarrow full of his employer s final payment to him.Photo/Coinstar.
On April Fool’s Day, Andreas Flaten, a Fayetteville, Ga., man, finally gets real cash to replace 91,000 pennies that he received for pay from a former employer, Walker Luxury Autoworks on Clover Reach in Peachtree City.
Coinstar, known for its network of coin-counting kiosks, stepped in to help Flaten by picking up the oily, dirty pennies at his home and in return gave him $1,000 in cash. The pennies were originally dumped in Flaten’s driveway by his former employer and were intended to serve as his final “paycheck.”