Date Received: 2018-04-06
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are being handled
Consumer Complaint: This is in reference to my previous complaint # XXXX, which was closed without my saying it was resolved. My student loan servicer claims to have reallocated my payment as described in my complaint, but they have not. Only {$22.00} have been applied to loan E, when I requested that the remainder of my payment after paying off loan A, which comes out to {$530.00}, be applied to loan E. {$510.00} was applied to loan F which I never asked for. This situation is still unresolved and Nelnet is still not listening to instructions for allocations when I submit my payment. They are at this point purposefully obfuscating the problem, even though I specifically allocated funds to loans A and E when I submitted the payment. My special standing instructions are for my auto debit, and this is a separate payment that I made on XXXX2018. I have attached a screenshot of this in my payment history.
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 02169
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-06
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-05
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: Nelnet student loan reported one late payment to the credit bureau that completely ruined my credit that I had been building over the past 5 years with them. I have continuously made payments every single month on all of my accounts for over the allotted amount, and they have always accepted my money. However, they still reported me making my credit score fall from an A to D. I had no idea they had even reported me until my bank ran my credit and notified me. They were unforgiving and would not reverse it saying I had made one of the payments to the wrong group. They said the payment should have been made by XX/XX/XXXX but was not made until XX/XX/XXXX and even after my payment was made on XX/XX/XXXX and up to date, they still reported me on XX/XX/XXXX which led to ruining my credit. Beware of Nelnet they are very unforgiving!
Company Response:
State: KY
Zip: 40509
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-05
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-04
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Received bad information about your loan
Consumer Complaint: My account was inaccurate an amount of XXXX was borrowed, for the XX/XX/XXXX-XX/XX/XXXX academic year yet ; certain amounts haven't been applied correctly, plus I need to continue to manage my own money. They've taken the authorization for granted ; especially being that had given non. I've received small checks when there was no enrollment, my tuition amounts keeps a flip flopping, and they keep charging me when it's already been paid for. And there was an approved XXXX dollar scholarship leaving me, with a " supposed '' debt XXXX what kind of institution does that?
Company Response:
State: NC
Zip: 28390
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-02
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan
Subissue: Can't temporarily delay making payments
Consumer Complaint: When I was XXXX, I only signed up for a tour of XXXX campus. And I wanted to go through the pilot program. When I showed up, I was informed that I would never be able to afford the pilot program but I " should sign up for the mechanics program since it will make you lots of money one day and then you can afford the pilot program ''. I was coerced into actually signing up for tuition same day. Some lady on a computer looked up all the loans for me and just had me verbally agree. I should have had more time to discuss this huge financial decision and some adult should have explained what my obligations would have been. I feel like I was taken advantage of much like a XXXX car salesman preys on the unexpected.
Company Response:
State: OK
Zip: 741XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-02
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Received bad information about your loan
Consumer Complaint: I am the cosigner on a loan with Nelnet. On XX/XX/17 the primary borrower made a payment to the account for the amount of {$560.00} and received confirmation from Nelnet that the payment was processed. Approximately 3 days later Nelnet informed the borrower that the payment did not go through and that he would need to re-submit, which he did. He again received a confirmation that the payment went through ( and this time showed me the confirmation, which included a confirmation number ). At the time he received the confirmation ( with the confirmation number ), the payment was still within the 90 day window before they would report a delinquency to credit agencies. Nelnet replied back to the borrow approximately 4-5 business days after the borrower submitted the payment letting him know that the payment was unable to be processed and that he would need to resubmit payment. What they did not communicate is that they also reported the payment as delinquent to reporting agencies, causing my credit score to plummet. What I feel is wrong about this is that the borrower was actively working with Nelnet to make the payment and received a confirmation number twice indicating the payment went through and yet they have now permanently damaged my credit score as a result. The issue is that they gave us an incomplete picture of the state of the payment ( nowhere in the confirmation image does it mention the payment is still pending and in fact it contains a button that says " print for your records '' which causes the user to think that the payment has completely gone through )
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 94703
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-02
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan
Subissue: Can't get other flexible options for repaying your loan
Consumer Complaint: I had accrued loans ( federal and private ) from my XXXX studies ( XX/XX/XXXX-XX/XX/XXXX ). I had then worked for a year in which these were both regularly paid. Starting in XX/XX/XXXX, I then started XXXX school and was no longer working. As I was again a studying and in student status, generally loan payments should be on hold for the duration of the studies, where payments don't need to be made. This had worked with the federal loans ( I was not obligated to pay during this time ), but my private loan lender did not allow this option, citing that I was not attending a certified university that qualified for this break of loan payments, so despite not earning any kind of income, I was still obligated to make the normal payments, although being granted a period of forbearance for 8 months. I have now since finished my XXXX studies ( XX/XX/XXXX ), and am still unemployed, with almost no income. This again is fine with my federal loans, as I am on an income-based repayment plan, so I am still not burdened with making payments if I am not earning any income. This is again not ok with the private loan agency, I explained this to them, and they offer no options for borrowers who are currently unemployed, no discounted system, or smaller payments.
Company Response:
State: MN
Zip: 567XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-02
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account status incorrect
Consumer Complaint: Im XX/XX/2015, I took I student loan out. Nelnet put my account as delinquent, even though I was never notified when to start making payments. I would like to get on a payment plan and this off my credit score. Thank you, XXXX XXXX
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 945XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-02
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are being handled
Consumer Complaint: When I paid a lump sum of XXXX toward my student loan I was informed that it can not be counted toward the principle until the interest is paid off. I asked if I could apply it toward the principle but they said I could only apply it toward the interest. So now I have paid off all my interest and now Im slowly chipping away at the principle which of course makes my payments last longer so they can collect more interest. I feel ripped off.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 95687
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-02
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are being handled
Consumer Complaint: Over the past 4 or so years, I have been repaying my loans to Nelnet that were separated into two groups. As I understood, these groups were determined based on similar loan types, interest rates, etc.. This year, I got a notification that my groups were changed. After digging into it, I found out that I had a high interest loan that was being hidden into a group with a low interest loan, which was deceiving. If I had known that I had the high interest loan, I would have been paying llall extra payments towards it. I feel like this is an unfair practice. At least it was fixed this year.
Company Response:
State: TX
Zip: 78758
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-03-31
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are being handled
Consumer Complaint: I graduated XXXX school in XX/XX/XXXXand finished residency in XX/XX/XXXX. My student loans came due before I finished so I had to consolidate because otherwise our monthly cash flow would be unsustainable. The original amount was ~ {$110000.00} and the interest rate was ~6 % which was the weighted average of the interest rates of all the individual loans I initially signed. I signed up for auto pay and received a slightly lower interest rate ( 5.75 % ) and a {$4000.00} onetime bonus. At that time, the holder of the loans was XXXX XXXX ( I believe ) who then sold it to XXXX who held them for about 12 years. The consolidated payment was $ XXXX/month but I began paying {$770.00} in an effort to reduce the principal. More recently, XXXX sold the loans to Nelnet and my first monthly statement from them showed my minimum monthly payment was {$770.00}. This alarmed me because I wanted to insure that the extra $ XXXX/month was credited to the principal to keep paying it down. I called Nelnet about the change and was reassured that the actual monthly payment due was still {$660.00} and that my extra payment was going to the principal. Just today however, I contacted a lender about refinancing one of my houses and during the information gathering, he told me ( while looking online at my credit score, loans and other financial obligations ) that the Nelnet loans ( I was unaware that there were actually 2 loans since I have only been making 1 payment the entire time ) had an interest rate of 7.4 %!! None of my individual, original loans had an interest rate this high! I've been making steady payments for over 15 years and have never missed a payment. I realize that amortization loans have high upfront interest payments but my outstanding balance of {$74000.00} still seems like an enormous amount given the fact that I've been making $ 101/month extra principal payments for over 5 years. I'm so upset and feel like I've been cheated by XXXX or Nelnet and didn't know where else to turn. The lender with whom I was speaking told me about CFPB so I'm reaching out to see if I can get clarity on this issue. I want to believe in organizational integrity and the general honor of mankind so I hope this is just a misunderstanding on my part. My fear is that my payment of {$770.00} was adopted by Nelnet as the minimum amount and that the interest rate was altered to extrapolate that over the term. Any clarity on these matters would be so welcome and would really bring peace to my heart.
Company Response:
State: WA
Zip: 98203
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-03-31
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A