“louise from cheltenham haha well you've made it quite obvious that you don't wear makeup or follow fashion so god knows what you look like!! as a young girl of 19 its expected for her to follow fashion. Wearing make up and respectful, fashionable clothes is not the discussion...the discussion is about her getting charged several times, asking for help and not getting any, think you need to read the article again!!”

“For starters, for those of you who have made personal attacks on Megan, there is no need. Leave your comments by all means, after all everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it is not necessary to leave such nasty comments. Secondly, I know the story from a closer angle - the bank was contacted on a number of occassions where Megan was given no helpful feedback, and trading standards were also asked for advice. They advised that she write a letter and the bank manager failed to reply. All of this shows that Megan did all she could to sort out her repayments, but the lack of co-operation from Natwest has meant that her bank charges are unfairly rising. As for contacting the Echo, that was always a last resort. Megan has worked hard to get to where she is, and I can assure you that she is not one to spend her money in a wasteful manner.”

“you lot aint gotta clue do you no her NO u dont an in regards to u louise jealousy gets u no where what she does with her money is her business and if she wants 2 buy makeup then she can but u must be blind cos she werent wearing hardly any every penny she earns she works hard for so before you judge Think”

“The charges that banks are giving out are disgusting. Often it's the banks driving people into debt after they make one silly mistake.
It's up to the girl what she spends her money on, she's young and carefree so why shouldn't she follow fashion and have nice things whilst she is young and has no responsibilities? The banks shouldn't be able to do this to people. One charge should be enough, they shouldn't be able to keep putting charges on top of charges the way they do.
Banks are driving youngsters into debt before they even start out in life - how is it fair to prey on kids that have only just left school?
I do think that managing finances should be part of the GSCE curriculum though.”

“So, she read about the other idiotic student getting let of her fines and thought she would try her luck did she??

If she didn't understand the direct debit system she should have read what she was signing.

No one to blame but herself here... (again)”

“Just take the bank to court over unfair/unlawful charges. This hasnt been set by law as of yet, but be presistant with the bank and advise them of your intentions. Allways put things in writing to them and be patient. I got all my charges back for the last 6 years. Banks are just after your money which alternantivly makes them money. They perate on a WIN WIN situation. Time they stopped all these crazy charges.”

“oh come on people youre all being a bit harsh here.... i agree when i saw this i did think oh here we go again but i have had dealings with the natwest and their charges are outrageous - I am a little older and wiser these days and stood my ground but for someone younger like Megan this sort of thing can be very daunting - ok ok so she should keep an eye on things but it would nt hurt banks to give people a chance to put oversights straight before they start adding ridiculous chgs.

As for Lousie chelt, whats all that about? So what if she wears makeup and follows fashion? thrown into jail for goin overdrawn - shame on you for even sayin that!! you should read some of the other stories on here like theiving lowlifes in somerfield who get away with it and scum bag drug dealers theyre the ones who should be in jail !!!!
SHAME ON YOU!!!”

“This girl thinks must think we all come off the banana boat and needs to get a brain. Its very obvious that monthly direct debits will be paid regardless as it managed by the bacs system and no directly Nat West. I agree banks are greedy but this girl is just trying to get the bank to pay for her apathy and needs to wake up and smell the coffee.”

“Easy to sit on your rocking horse telling her she shouldnt have got into this situation but the old days of talking it over with a frendly local bank manager have gone ! If I were her I would pay the bank of tell them to shove it and there Indian call centre direct line telephone number and open another acount with a diffrent bank remember you dont have to stay for life with your bank use them as they use you !
Hope it all works out and whoever put the comments about make up on is a gutless faceless moron !
And no I dont know the Girl or her relatives.”

“The problem is banks see all customers as an easy target.
As a business if another business is late paying me the maximum I can charge in law is 8% over base rate. So if someone owes me £20,000 I can charge £7 a day. The banks can charge cunsumers that per day for owing only a fiver!
I agree people should watch their accounts, but similarly if someone does get into financial trouble the banks also have a responsibility to help them out as well.”