Even the most prestigious shops are offering extended payments, on everything from hats to shoes.
Many low-level officers pay recruitment bribes of a year's salary to get their jobs, so demanding payments on everything from routine traffic violations to major crimes becomes a way of life.
When paying down debt, pay minimum payments on everything but the bill with the smallest payoff.
Work on paying down the debt with the highest interest first, while making minimal payments on everything else.
Today, time payment plans on everything from cars to credit card bills are the norm.
Banks and independent financial Web sites offer a one-stop approach, allowing consumers to handle payments in one place on everything from mortgages to lawn services.
Essentially it's a game layer on top of games to allow payment for everything.
As payment for everything plummets, I find I am back on the road as much as I was when I started out.
A song lyric from "All That Jazz" comes to mind following Apple's big announcement about mobile payments on Tuesday: "Everything old is new again".
On arrival at Tesco, he had barely put his briefcase down before discovering a hole in its profit forecasts as its reliance on income from supplier payments for everything from marketing to shelf positioning was laid bare amid stagnating sales growth.
