My colleague who is a single mum has accumulated £600+ and counting of bank charges on the strength of her son's father stopping her maintenance money. £373.00 in the past two weeks and she's sinking fast. She was first made aware her account had exceded her overdraft limit, not by the bank, but by the company she hires her washing machine from for £11per month. They wrote to inform her she would be penalised and charged £30 charges as their £11d/d had not cleared. She went to the bank immediately and came to an agreement there and then to pay £60 bank charges per month until her balance was in line with her o/d limit. Now it seems there was no record made of this agreement and subsequently her bank charges have now risen to £90p/m and she is unable to draw on her money and feed her son in the meantime!!! Without her maintenance money, she still has £200+ going into the account every week. She is at her wits end and really has tried to sort this out in one way or another.
2006-07-10
08:52:23
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