Originally Posted by mikeef

Anytime a story like this one hits the media, it kills the deal.

In this case, I am somewhat comforted by the fact that A) there's no way the mint didn't know this was going on and B) it's too much of a pain in the tuchus for most people to do, as opposed to ordering savings bonds with a credit card, which could be completed with the click of a mouse and no coins to deposit.

The biggest danger here is not that too many people start doing it but rather, now that all of the details are "out in the open," somebody puts pressure on the mint to do something about it other than sending a letter.

Mike