Greedy Crowd Swarms Bin Filled With $2 Million in Pennies

Steve Hall

Aug. 10, 2008
1 min read

Chicago Agency The Escape Pod put together a promotion for Office Max in which a giant bin filled with $2 million worth of pennies was placed inside Minnesota’s Mall of America. Then, using greed as a motivator, the bin was opened to the public who, over three hours, emptied the bin completely revealing the Office Max logo. Once again, the ever-useless penny finds yet another use.

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