This company is paying ahead.
A Georgian man whose vengeful ex-boss paid him his last payment of $ 915 in oily pennies finally received a “real payment” thanks to the help of a coin counting company.
Andreas Flaten’s 91,515-cent wheelbarrow – left in his garage by former employer OK Walker Autoworks last month – was picked up on Thursday and exchanged for Coinstar, according to a company press release.
“I spent an hour or two a night trying to clean the pennies and probably only cleaned about $ 5,” said Flaten, according to the press release. “I was very relieved and grateful.”
On March 12, Flaten found 500 pounds of pennies, smeared with engine oil that made them difficult to cash out, at his home in Fayetteville
A note left at the top of the loot said: “f – k you.”
Flaten’s girlfriend, Olivia Oxley, later shared a video of the cent pile in an Instagram post that went viral, prompting Coinstar to lend a hand.
“Coinstar has been in the coin business for 30 years and we process approximately 41 billion coins annually – so picking up 91,000 cents was all in one working day,” said the company.
The company said it rounded the value of cents to $ 1,000 and offered to donate the same amount to charities of Flaten’s choice.
Flaten chose two animal shelters in the Atlanta area to receive donations, according to FOX News.
“I gave the money to Royal Animal Refuge and TLC Pet Rescue. One saved my dog and the other saved my mother’s dog, ”he told the station on Friday.
Flaten would have been promised his final check for $ 915 in January, but the money never arrived. He later said that his former boss accused him of damage to the company and refused to pay him properly.