pennies

I read in yesterday's Buffalo News' Letters to the Editor an opinion by Tom Flynn of Buffalo who questioned the practice of retailers who placed a penny cup by the register.  He says whenever he see that he makes it a point to shop somewhere else in the future.  Tom goes so far as to say if the merchant is willing to cut corners at the cash register, he's afraid he'd cut corners elsewhere such as

So what happens when a penny costs more to make than what it’s worth?   That’s the problem the U-S Mint is having because the cost of the metal to make them keeps going up.