A Georgia man who was shocked to find the amount of his last paycheck in the form of pennies dumped in his driveway last month gets help from coin-counting company Coinstar.
Fayetteville’s Andreas Flaten quit his job at Peachtree City’s A OK Walker Luxury Autoworks in November and was struggling to get his last paycheck from his previous employer.
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Although he was reportedly promised his $ 915 check would be paid to him in January, the check never arrived and Flaten said his former boss had accused him of harm.
Flaten, who had gone so far as to seek help from the Georgian Ministry of Labor, was surprised to find more than 91,000 pennies covered in oil or fat outside his home.
Andreas Flaten and his $ 1,000 (Courtesy Coinstar)
An envelope that was on top of the pile contained his last pay slip and was addressed with an explicit message: “F — you!”
Since then, Flaten has spent nights cleaning the pennies that FOX 5 Atlanta said was sitting in a wheelbarrow in his garage.
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Flaten and his girlfriend had previously declined to comment on Fox News, saying they were focused on getting “real payment” for Flaten’s final check.
Coinstar picked up the coat and picked up the more than £ 500 pennies from Flaten on Thursday.
The company drew Fox News to a publication in which it wrote that it was also rounding Flatten’s paycheck to $ 1,000.
“When we heard about Mr. Flaten’s penny issue, we were happy to offer our assistance,” said Jim Gaherity, Coinstar CEO. “Coinstar has been in the coin business for 30 years and we process around 41 billion coins annually. Collecting 91,000 pennies was all in one day.”
“I spent an hour or two a night cleaning the pennies and was probably only worth $ 5,” Flaten told Coinstar. “I was so relieved and grateful that Coinstar agreed to help me.”
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In addition, company executives announced they would be equal to Flatten’s Penny Value and donate $ 1,000 to local charities of his choice.
Flaten named two shelters in the Atlanta area to receive the donations.
“I gave the money to Royal Animal Refuge and TLC Pet Rescue. One saved my dog and one saved my mother’s dog,” Flaten told Fox News on Friday in an email.
Now that his nights are free, he plans to spend time with his family.