Since I've always worked for commissions, I always had the mentality that a sudden $100,000 payday should be treated as if it were a $33,333 pay day for three years, and then budget accordingly for that year's $33,333 increase in income.  The alterna...

My local newspaper subscription jumped to $261.83 for the next 13 weeks.  I called and said, "Can't do that.  How much would you charge for the digital subscription instead?"  The response was "I can offer to extend the same print subscription to you...