Date Received: 2018-07-23
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Received bad information about your loan
Consumer Complaint: I was denied extended repayment option based on incorrect information. My loans were disbursed between XXXX through XXXX. Nelnet claimed wrongly in their communication to me that my loan was awarded prior to XXXX.
Company Response:
State: GA
Zip: 31792
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-23
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Subissue: Seized or attempted to seize your property
Consumer Complaint: In XXXX, I was admitted to a XXXX XXXX in XXXX, Florida called XXXX. During this time I was recruited to a school called XXXX XXXX XXXX whose primary role was to help me rehabilitate myself by furthering my education. Upon admission to XXXX i was advise to apply for a student loan, however, because of my XXXX XXXX i lacked the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX about what the student loan entailed. In addition, I came to later discover that the XXXXXXXX XXXX was not even an accredited learning institution. It has been nearly 30 years later after the student loan. In XXXX I was placed on permanent XXXX. Last year, I took a part time job while still on XXXX and filed my XXXX taxes. While waiting for my refund to arrive I received a letter that my wages were garnished by the Department of Education. As a result, I immediately contacted the department to advise them of my XXXX status of which they requested written proof from the Social Security Administration in order to qualify me for disability discharge and return my wages. I forwarded the information to their offices and was notified of their receival of the document. Shortly after, I received a letter from the department that I was denied for Disability Discharge. Can you please assist me regarding this matter????
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 95825
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-23
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account status incorrect
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2018 I made a payment of {$490.00} to Nelnet ( Bringing me current ) On XX/XX/2018 I made a payment of {$50.00} to Nelnet ( Keeping me current ) On XX/XX/2018 I made a payment of {$53.00} to Nelnet ( Keeping me current with decrease in balance owed ) However, my credit report as of XX/XX/2018 has yet to be updated correctly. I called XXXX and filed a dispute sometime in the month of XX/XX/XXXX to dispute the issues with my credit still showing me being behind 140+ days with an account that " needs attention '' and I received notification on Sun XX/XX/2018 that my 3 accounts had been updated and current. One week later, I received notification from XXXX XXXX stating that my credit for the three Nelnet accounts went back up due to late payments and it was reverted back to the previous status. ( As if they didn't make it current a week later ) I called and both Nelnet and XXXX continue to send ma back and forth telling me that the other company/agency is to blame but it's still not fixed. Not only that but Nelnet has three separate account on my credit when in Nelnet I'm only able to pay two separate accounts ; meaning it should be two accounts on my credit and not three.
Company Response:
State: MD
Zip: 21239
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-22
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Received bad information about your loan
Consumer Complaint: In your XX/XX/XXXX response to my complaint you state We did not receive a complete forbearance request from you in XX/XX/XXXX where you agreed to the terms and conditions of the forbearance. Please explain why you are now stating you did receive the forbearance in XX/XX/XXXX when prior you stated you did not. Please also explain what exactly was incomplete about the forbearance you received in XX/XX/XXXX. You go on to state We are unable to retroactively apply a forbearance to your loans, per your request. Please explain why you did just that, in XX/XX/XXXX, despite the forbearance being incomplete as you claim. You go on to state nor will any late fees assessed or interest accrued be removed. Please remove these fees, the interest, and your derogatory XXXX credit agency reporting as previously requested.
Company Response:
State: VA
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-23
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are being handled
Consumer Complaint: In XX/XX/2018, on the XXXX I think, my loan was sold to XXXX from XXXX XXXX. During the transfer my principal balance was inflated, a payment was not posted, late fees were assessed, and my monthly payment has increased. I reached out to the new company by phone and email. They claim to have fixed it all. They did finally add the payment and remove the late fees after a month. However, the initial transfer principal balance looks to still be in error and the monthly payment amount is still in error as well. Additionally, on the XXXX XXXX side I went to my old account to get more material to strengthen my ground for complaint but less than a month after the sale my records are no longer there for my access despite the account being active. XXXX XXXX did not give any overt warning that my only means of saving this information would be prior to the transfer. If I had not printed copies of my monthly payment I would be in a very poor position.
Company Response:
State: CO
Zip: 80910
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-26
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-22
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan
Subissue: Problem lowering your monthly payments
Consumer Complaint: Over the years, by Nelnet, I was guided to forbearance without a clear understanding of the consequences of interest capitalization. I was told that my loan is simple interest. Even though I am financially prudent and astute, the true meaning of interest capitalization just became clear. My credit score went down 50 points from XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX, because my student loan debt increased. When I contacted Nelnet today, XX/XX/XXXX, for the first time, interest capitalization was clearly explained. Interest capitalization is the reason my loan debt increased, and my credit score decreased by 50 points. Also, Nelnet lost my Loan Forgiveness application for {$17.00}, XXXX. The forgiveness process, including when the application was lost and resubmitted, took from XX/XX/XXXX until XX/XX/XXXX. Nelnet accrued and capitalized interest during the time the application was lost and while the forgiveness process completed. A Nelnet adviser said today, XX/XX/XXXX that interest accrues at {$4.00} a day so for the approximately 6 months the process took from submission, being lost, and processed the accrued interest is approximately {$830.00}. Furthermore, I received two almost identical letters regarding a single forbearance. One letter was dated XX/XX/XXXX and the other XX/XX/XXXX. The 1st letter said the estimated interest to accrue was {$.00}. The second letter said accrued interest was {$4900.00}. Scanned copies are attached. Additionally, on XX/XX/XXXX, a Nelnet adviser said that my 10 year loan repayment was {$170.00}. After checking my account today, XX/XX/XXXX, I discovered that the payment term is 233 months instead of 120 months, is {$190.00} instead of {$170.00}, and I could pay more than {$20000.00} interest on a {$25000.00} debt. I need to make much higher payments to avoid further interest capitalization financial damage. This appears unethical.
Company Response:
State: GA
Zip: 30655
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-21
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: I sent several letters to XXXX XXXX XXXX, on XX/XX/2018, XX/XX/2018, XX/XX/2018, and XX/XX/2018, to validate the information that is being reported on my credit report. The information that is reporting on my credit report is inaccurate, I have attempt to reach out to XXXX XXXX XXXX, with the addresses provided on my credit report, - XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, IN XXXX, and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, FL XXXX. Given that XXXX XXXX XXXX provided a false address, I demand an immediate removal from my credit report.
Company Response:
State: FL
Zip: XXXXX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-21
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-19
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are being handled
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2018, I went on my online Nelnet account to check up on my student loans and the interest that is accruing on them. I am on a REPAY plan and I frequently check the amounts and pay the interest amount at least once per year in order to stop the interest from becoming capitalized. I noticed that some of my loans had listed that some interest had capitalized. I called Nelnet the same day I noticed the capitalized interest listed to find out when and why it had happened. I was told that interest capitalizes when payment plans change but had to repeatedly ask for when the interest was capitalized. I was incorrectly told that in XXXX my loan payment was changed to REPAY ; it was, in fact, not changed it was renewed and as stated in the renewal application would not cause capitalization of unpaid interest. After asking a number of times I was then told that interest capitalization had occurred when my student loans exited the six month grace period after graduation. I had made a payment before the end of the grace period in order to avoid capitalization and mentioned that to the customer service representative. I asked for how my payment was allocated to the loans and was told that some of the payment was allocated to interest then principle balances and some of the payment was allocated to principle balances despite the fact that the payment was sufficient to cover the interest of all of the loans. I asked why that had happened and waited a significant amount of time on hold to be told that it was, in fact, mis-allocated and the payment should have gone to all interest before paying any principle balances. I was told that I can reallocate this payment to cover the interest but because the mis-allocation had taken place close to a year and a half ago that all payments would then be affected and my loans could become delinquent. I am worried this is could be intentional to cause capitalization of interest.
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 020XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-19
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-18
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account information incorrect
Consumer Complaint: Hi, I paid off my student loans, due to this my credit score dropped 56 points - this has drastically hurt my chances of getting a loan and buying a home. This should not have happened. I am being punished for paying off debt.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 90008
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-07-16
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan
Subissue: Can't get other flexible options for repaying your loan
Consumer Complaint: Originally, I had 60 months of forbearance left on my loan. I had used 17 months leaving me with a total 43. However, they have informed me that they have unilaterally changed the terms of the agreement to reduce this time to 36 months. I asked them why I hadn't been given notice of this event and they stated that only certain borrowers were entitled to notice and I was not one of them. Likewise, they stated that the Master Promissory Agreement states that they can change the terms at any time. However, its hardly seems fair, let alone legal, for an lender to summarily reduce a borrower 's remaining forbearance allotment by more than half. Such a contract term would be unconscionable.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 90046
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-07-16
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A