Date Received: 2016-03-02
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are handled
Consumer Complaint: I was never contacted by XXXX or Nelnet that my loans were in default. I was under the assumption that since I had recently stopped going to school, my loans were not yet due. I was never sent statements or received phone calls regarding payment for my student loan. Once I found out that the loans were in default, I was never offerred a restructuring or forgiveness for my lates. I took the effort upon finding out how dire the situation was and consolidated under XXXX. They have since paid both XXXX and Nelnet in full. All I am asking both XXXX and Nelnet to do is to remove the late payments on my credit bureau report since I was not made aware the laons were due and in default, they had an incorrect address for me, and upon finding out about the default, neither of them offerred me a restructuring or forgiveness. I have sent numerous emails, letters, and made numerous phone calls to both and they are both unwilling to work with me due to their error.
Company Response:
State: DE
Zip: 19720
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-04
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: Yes
Date Received: 2016-03-03
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Subissue: Having problems with customer service
Consumer Complaint: On XXXX XXXX, 2016, I filed an application to enroll in the REPAYE payment plan. On the same day, I delivered all of the necessary supplemental materials, including proof of income, to Nelnet, the student loan servicer, through the document submission email address provided on their website, XXXXXXXXXXXX. On XXXX XXXX, 2016, I received correspondence with the subject line " We 've received your income-driven repayment plan application '' from Nelnet confirming that they had received my application. On XXXX XXXX, 2016, I received correspondence with the subject line " Your request has been received '' from Nelnet confirming that my application was received and being reviewed. Within this email, Nelnet stated " You will receive additional communication from us regarding your request within 7 to 10 days. '' No further correspondence was received within the promised 7 to 10 days. Multiple phone calls to Nelnet were unable to update the status of my application or why I had not received further correspondence within the allotted time period. A further call had to be placed on XXXX XXXX, well after the specified period of time, and a representative was able to check my application 's status, notifying me that it was still not processed. The processing and notice was not completed until XXXX XXXX, 2016.
Company Response:
State: MA
Zip: 01810
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-07
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-03-02
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Subissue: Having problems with customer service
Consumer Complaint: Nelnet customer service did not provide me the information I needed to avoid extra charges on my account. I called multiple times. Spent hours on the phone to avoid capitalization on my interest and paying minimum fees on my account. They never told me about when my grace period ended and that one of my loans had administrative grace period. All they tod me was my account was current and to make the payments on time. This has costs me XXXX dollars if not more in charges and interests and they would not refund my money. Every time I call for an issue it takes 2 weeks to a month and at the end another issue rises.
Company Response:
State: NV
Zip: 89052
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-07
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-03-01
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Subissue: Don't agree with fees charged
Consumer Complaint: I got an email from my loan consolidator that my monthly payments are going to be changed because my " original loan servicer notified us that the amount we sent them to pay off your loans did not match the actual amount due. We have adjusted your balance accordingly. '' I did n't receive any information about which servicer sent this notification, how much my balance would be changed, etc. I paid over {$7000.00} in interest last year on student loans and my balance moved a minuscule {$1000.00} from {$110000.00} to {$110000.00} balance. Not to mention I receive no tax deductions for paying this interest.
Company Response:
State: CA
Zip: 941XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-03
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-02-29
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Subissue: Having problems with customer service
Consumer Complaint: In XXXX 2016 I applied for income based repayment specifically Pay As You Earn on loans entering repayment through my provider Nelnet. After 20 days I called and asked about the status they stated that I did n't submit XXXX forms of proof of income which is not stated on the application for income based repayment. She told me that she would put the loans into forbearance for me so that nothing would be due until XX/XX/XXXX giving them enough time to process the application. In XXXX 2016 I receive a statement for several thousand dollars. I called Nelnet once again and was told that half of my loans do not qualify for XXXX and would be placed on a different income based repayment plan. Again she said she would put an administrative forbearance on my account so that nothing would be due until XX/XX/XXXX giving them time to process a second application that I was told to submit. She stated that my first bill would be due in XX/XX/XXXX for {$200.00}. Last Friday XX/XX/XXXX I received a call from Nelnet 's collection department telling me that I was a month past due on a nearly {$5000.00} bill. I explained everything I had been told in the past and pulled up a recent statement I had gotten that said payment was n't due until XX/XX/XXXX. She placed me on hold for 10 minutes and then returned saying that the reason I had a bill was because I had n't renewed my income based repayment plan. I explained that it had n't even been a year since I graduated and my grace period ended in XX/XX/XXXX. She was confused and put me on hold a second time for 10 minutes to speak to a supervisor. When she returned she told me that there were several notes on my account and she needed them to be processed and she had passed on my account to her supervisor. I confirmed with her that I was on forbearance until XX/XX/XXXX and that I would n't be paying {$5000.00} monthly. She confirmed that was the case. Prior to speaking with this particular agent I did some research myself to see why some of my loans were not eligible for PAYE as well as finding out if I could switch providers considering my troubles with Nelnet. In that research I discovered that if I consolidated my loans they would all be eligible for PAYE and I could switch to a different servicer. I 'm at a loss for why Nelnet had not previously discussed this option with me as they are tasked by the Department of Education with providing basic services such as loan counseling. I 'm also at a loss to describe the anger that I have since my loans have continued to accumulate interest due to Nelnet 's lack of communication and untimely processing of applications.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NY
Zip: 13090
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-02-27
Issue: Can't repay my loan
Subissue: Can't decrease my monthly payments
Consumer Complaint: I took student loans out to help pay for college and my living expenses while attending college. Since I graduated, I have been on an income-based repayment plan. I have paid the amount due every month. My family has grown in size and it has been difficult to pay any more on my loans besides what was figured with the income-based plan. My loans have grown to almost {$20000.00} more then what I originally borrowed. I feel that this is extremely unfair because I was paying what has been expected of me. These loans have been in negative amortization almost the entire time I have been paying on them. I feel that this is predatory lending because I did not realize this would be allowed. I understood that I would have to pay back the amount I borrowed, plus some interest, but I thought that by making the payment that was expected of me that my loans would not grow this exponentially. I am so sick to think that I will owe so much more then I ever borrowed.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: IN
Zip: 46818
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-01
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-02-27
Issue: Can't repay my loan
Subissue: Can't decrease my monthly payments
Consumer Complaint: I took student loans out to help pay for my college education. I graduated and have been on an income-based repayment schedule since then. My family has grown in size and it has become increasingly difficult to try and pay more than my income-based payment. Over the years, I have paid my payment every month and yet my loans have grown exponentially! This is extremely frustrating because now I ca n't even pay on my principal balance because the accrued interest is over {$10000.00}. If I understand all of this correctly, if I pay just the interest accrued every 30 days, plus a little more, it will go to the accrued interest balance, not the principal balance. How will I ever be able to get caught up?! These loans have been in negative amortization almost the entire time I 've been paying. I 'm not asking for a pity party, but how is this even fair? I 've done what was expected of me, and in the end, I 'm being robbed in interest payments! PLEASE, PLEASE look into finding a way to not allow the American citizens who have tried to better themselves by furthering their education, go bankrupt because of this unfair increase in student loans borrowed. To me, this is exactly what predatory lending is : charging me way more than what I borrowed, while telling me it 's okay that I only make my income-based payment.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: IN
Zip: 46818
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-02
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-02-16
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Subissue: Having problems with customer service
Consumer Complaint: I am a guarantor on my son 's student loans.My son was laid off in XXXX 2015. He was unable to make his student loan payment. When he called, they said that he had to make his loan current prior to them helping him due to his unemployment ( they do not have a record of his call ). Normally, when he is late, I receive a letter within a few days of the due date. This time I did not receive any letters until XXXX XXXX when he was 60 days late. However, I found out that he was 60 days late, when I went to apply for a loan and my credit rating was XXXX points lower than it should have been. I made the account current. I called to have then correct the credit report and they refused to do anything. Citizens the holder of the note said that Firstmark Services was responsible for the credit reporting and Firstmark said that XXXX was in charge of credit reporting. I told XXXX that I had a complaint and they offered no help. I told Firstmark that I wanted to talk to someone about my complaint and XXXX # XXXX said that there was nothing they could do about the credit reporting. Finally after a very long conversation XXXX said she could send me a complaint form. XXXX said her system said that they mailed notices to me, I said that I did not receive notices. They have my email and they did not email me. I do not receive monthly statements. They said that they called, but I did not talk to them. XXXX acknowledged that they were unable to talk to me by phone. I do not know when his payments are due. They did not offer to send my statements. They pressured me to allow them to make phone calls to me. I refused. I said that they could email me or send me mail.
Company Response:
State: FL
Zip: 33308
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-02-19
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: Yes
Date Received: 2016-02-03
Issue: Dealing with my lender or servicer
Subissue: Need information about my balance/terms
Consumer Complaint: I attended XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX in XXXX in XXXX. FirstMark Services is currently the debt collector .XXXX is the entity that controls FirstMark . They are unable to verify the balance and it is completely wrong. They are unable to explain where or how the interest is calculated. I have asked for a breakdown over and over again. What they have sent me is insufficient because the numbers do n't add up. I have made numerous payments that I have not gotten credit for or been itemized. I wrote a check for {$62000.00} which I doubt was credited correctly. I have not gotten credit for any payments made between XXXX which is impossible. I would have been in default and I never defaulted. I have forensic accountants to prove that FirstMark/XXXX is simply making a number up and can not prove it. I believe they are in violation of the FDCPA as their actions are unconscionable and I expect to be compensated. I want them to answer the forensic accountants questions. Further, they have called me numerous times before XXXX Again, a violation of the FDCPA that I expect to be compensated for. This is a sloppy organization that ignores the FDCPA .They do n't know what my balance is based on. They are unable to accurately itemize past payments made. They call me at unreasonable hours. I want a breakdown that shows every single payment that I ever made to FirstMark/XXXX as well as how every single charge was made. If they are unable to do so, I expect to be compensated.
Company Response:
State: AZ
Zip: 85050
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-02-05
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No
Date Received: 2016-01-15
Issue: Communication tactics
Subissue: Frequent or repeated calls
Consumer Complaint: They call daily for my daughter. We have explained to them that she does not live with us nor does she have a working phone.
Company Response:
State: TX
Zip: 78253
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2016-03-10
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: No