Date Received: 2021-01-15
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Problem with customer service
Consumer Complaint: I accidently made TWO {$200.00} payments in XXXX which nelnet happily accepted so I assume I owe NOTHING for XXXX since I'm ahead one month. I'd email nelnet myself and ask them but their customer service sucks and apparently only robots reply to emails.
Company Response:
State: VA
Zip: 220XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-15
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-14
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Don't agree with the fees charged
Consumer Complaint: In XXXX I started my academic year at XXXX XXXX XXXX. After talking to my financial advisor, XXXX, who assured me this was not only a better choice as I had kids at home but they would also help me find a job through their internship program and help with job fulfillment at a reputable company related to my field of specialty, which was XXXX XXXX and XXXX I finished my XXXX and tried for a very long time to get a job at XXXX XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX XXXX who did XXXX and XXXX applications. After searching and searching the academic center called me one day to tell me congrats on my graduation months prior and asked if I had found a job. After telling the young lady I hadn't found a job yet, the rep asked me if I was interested in going further to finish my XXXX? I was kind of apprehensive but thought maybe this would help. After one semester in, my loans and grants came to a halt and I had no more funds. Not only that I got my first loan bill in, which was for nearly XXXX. I wasn't even working and my husband was currently a student there as well thinking it would help him with his current job in going further in the company. Well the joke was on us. My husband should have been apart of the student loan settlement in which he started in XXXX and finished shortly after. His loans are also through XXXX XXXX and he pays! Now we have XXXX terribly sick children and I cant work as Im constantly taking kids to doctor and I keep getting letters to pay and pay. I cant pay. Now my loans have racked up to nearly XXXX and I have no career. In fact I have been laughed at and mocked in interviews at the paper that I have called a degree from university XXXX XXXX. I can't get a job making enough money to pay this loan back. This is disgusting that this type of organization exists. My husband is paying his loans although he has not moved up any more in his company. I will be filing complaints everywhere and making sure not one person steps foot on this papermill college.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: TX
Zip: 774XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-14
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-14
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Consumer Complaint: There is no way that these companies investigated this student loan. The same information continues to report on my credit. I honestly don't believe I was late and I don't agree with the total balance that they are reporting on my credit. It continues to report several inaccuracies among the 3 credit reporting agencies from the last student loan company. How is that possible? For example, Each bureau reports that I was late on a different date Also, Hows it possible that youve reported me 120-180 days late with no late payments prior to that?
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: MA
Zip: 02324
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-14
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-14
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Don't agree with the fees charged
Consumer Complaint: Nelnet which is a fasa. Form government has for years been trying to get me to pay off a school loan that has been closed down for years called XXXX XXXX It is unfair that N e l n e t expects me to pay for a college that already deemed a fake college by the government
Company Response:
State: IL
Zip: 60452
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-29
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-13
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Problem with customer service
Consumer Complaint: Per Department of Education guidelines I am entitled to a refund of all money paid towards my student loan after XX/XX/XXXX of 2020 due to the pandemic and laws passed to all lenders and borrowers which suspended payments. I continued to pay unaware of this and while out of work due to the pandemic. I am still unemployed. I have requested a refund of {$650.00} that is badly needed yet Nelnet continues to give me the run around for the past 6 weeks or more. They have removed all payments made to my account for {$650.00} but have not refunded it to me. They have stated they would but not for 8 weeks with no reasons why. The money must be refunded immediately per the Department of Education in the same manner paid which was ACH draft from my savings account. They are refusing to do this as well and want to send me a check. I am not waiting 2 months for a check especially since money has already been removed from my Nelnet account. I have grown tired of their poor customer service and suspect lending practices. Now they are holding my money hostage. It's enough. Their customer service staff are rude, inconsistent and not handling this properly.
Company Response:
State: MI
Zip: 48167
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-13
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-13
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Problem with customer service
Consumer Complaint: NetNel reported three late payments on my credit in regards to student loans. The loans originated in XXXX with a separate loan servicer ( XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ). The loans were transferred to NetNel at some point in XXXX. I never received information from NetNel notifying me of the transfer. I entered XXXX school in XXXX and my loans went into automatic deferment. After requesting a summary or copy of contact from NetNel I was provided a single document. NetNel sent a letter XX/XX/XXXX with a repayment schedule. The letter was sent to XXXX XXXX XXXX, an address I am unfamiliar with and never used ( I can provide a list of both my and my family 's addresses since XXXX if it would be helpful ). I was previously under the assumption NetNel had tried to mail something to my parent 's address, the address on my Master Promissory Note and the address my previous loan services sent communications. NetNel explained to me over the phone that I had selected " paper delivery only '' so they did not try to contact me by any other method. I have not been provided, nor would I have ever requested, a document requesting " paper delivery only. '' NetNel never sent any letters stating that loan repayment was required at this time, given that these were federal Stafford loans and the CARES Act forbearance. When I explained that the address that they sent communication to was not accurate, at this time or ever, I was told it was my fault for not updating studentaid.gov. My studentaid.gov address would have been correct from the time they sent their only communication, to now. When I go to studentaid.gov, the only way I could have ever discovered NelNet was now my loan service provider, it shows no next payment date. Within two days of receiving notice of the credit report, I paid off the three loans in full. For the following reasons I believe the late payments should be removed from by credit report : ( 1 ) I never received that loan payments had come due ( these were federal loans and without a formal understanding of FFELP loans and a reading of the CARES Act I would not have been aware that payments were due at this period ), ( 2 ) NetNel, would they have tried to contact me, had a incorrect address that was likely entered by mistake when they assumed the loan, ( 3 ) Before the credit reporting there was never any attempt to contact me that there was a missed payment, at a correct or incorrect address. For the entirety of the loan my contact information information was kept up-to-date by myself in every system in which I was aware of.
Company Response:
State: DC
Zip: 20003
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-13
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-12
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Information belongs to someone else
Consumer Complaint: My identity was stolen and someone applied for a student loan.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: FL
Zip: 34234
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-12
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-12
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Need information about your loan balance or loan terms
Consumer Complaint: I am wanting to figure out why the credit reports are not showing that my loan is up to date and in good standing. I recently have brought my account out of default and in good standing and was told that the new provider NELNET would report to the bureaus at the end of the month. I am still waiting for the reports to reflect a loan in good standing. I would like to have this looked into as I am working to get my credit reports strengthened.
Company Response:
State: OR
Zip: 97222
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-12
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-11
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Problem with customer service
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/XXXX I was alerted by a credit monitoring service that there were 3 late payments on my account from NelNet. I had never heard of NelNet and contacted the company as soon as possible, which was XX/XX/XXXX due to their office hours. After contacting NelNet is appears that a student loan I had thought was paid off was transferred to them in XXXX from my prior loan servicer ( XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ). I had never received any communication about the transfer. Shortly after the transfer I enteredXX/XX/XXXXand any amount outstanding was put into automatic deferral. I never received any contact from NelNet about the payments resuming as they had an address on file that had not been updated since XXXX. During my conversation with XXXX I explained that I could either make the account current and make payments, or pay the entire amount if either would result in the removal of the credit reporting action. XXXX said that I could not ask for this as I had not acted in " good faith. '' I then asked about the CARES Act, and asked why the XXXXXX/XX/XXXX were not in forbearance. XXXX informed me that although they were XXXXXX/XX/XXXX, because they were issued before XXXX they were private loans. I have not been, and can not locate and law regulation demonstrating that change. I was then transferred to XXXX 's supervisor XXXX, who informed me that by federal law NetNel can not remove the credit reporting. I asked him where to find the law to which he directed me to studentaid.gov and then NelNet 's website 's FAQ section. I had XXXX stay on the line to direct me to which he couldn't. I then asked if there was somebody that could provide either the law or additional help to which he provided me a " customer solutions '' e-mail address. After giving me the e-mail he warned me that any attempt to dispute the late payments would further " ding my credit. '' I have not received a response from NelNet 's " customer solutions '' e-mail address. I have never missed a payment in my life and have the funds and willingness to pay the amounts in full. The credit report of a late payment has caused my credit score to drop significantly at a time I am having a child and searching for a home to purchase.
Company Response:
State: DC
Zip: 20003
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2021-01-11
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan
Subissue: Can't get other flexible options for repaying your loan
Consumer Complaint: Back in XX/XX/XXXX I decided to go back to school for XXXX XXXX through XXXX University XXXX. I received my XXXX XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX and since then it's been a total nightmare. XXXX College, part of XXXX Colleges, was a network of for-profit schools charged with systemic fraud by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education. They did a partial discharge which doesnt help anything because the 10 % discharge only covered the interest they added.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: LA
Zip: 703XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2021-01-11
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A