If you'd rather read through every other option being explored one by one by one then we have very different tastes in comics.
Hee! No, I just want to know that this was a last resort - or a situation a la Angel's deal with W&H.

Despite her refusal to take money from individuals, Buffy has always been a little cavalier about her treatment of corporate property when for Slaying purposes.
There is a difference between your examples, and stealing to fund her new life.

but the reveal that she did it at all is emotionally satisfying because of the way it accounts for the schizo reactions she had to Faith and Giles
Really? Sorry, but I'm still confused by everything. Hopefully the next issue will give some answers. If not, I'm strongly feeling like just giving up reading.