Date Received: 2018-11-12T00:00:00.000
Product: Private student loan
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided
Consumer Complaint: In college, I took out two private loans from XXXX XXXX in 3 disbursements, the first was on XX/XX/XXXX for {$4400.00}, XX/XX/XXXX for {$4400.00}, and last on XX/XX/XXXX for {$3100.00}, for a total of {$12000.00}. After graduating from college and the 6 month grace period before entering loan repayment, I was unable to make payments with my current income at the time and used the forbearance option available to me to postpone my payments. At the time, the servicer was Sallie Mae. Total amount owed after graduating and grace period for my two private loans on XX/XX/XXXX was {$15000.00}. After the various periods of forbearance, my balance jumped to {$23000.00} on XX/XX/XXXX. When I started making payments, there was an inconsistency on how the payment was being applied to my principal and interest balances as demonstrated by the document attached. The loan was sold to Navient on XX/XX/XXXX at which the balance remained almost the same at {$23000.00} after two years of making payments. The inconsistency of how the payments I make are being handled is still occurring and after over 5 years making payments, my balance remains at {$19000.00} on XX/XX/XXXX. To this day, I have made {$19000.00} worth of payments that have been inconsistently applied to principal, interest, and fee balances since XX/XX/XXXX. How do I still owe almost the same that I already paid and much more than I originally borrowed? I never agreed to any type of repayment plan where my money was primarily used for interest payments. In addition, I am currently unemployed and have not source of income to continue paying this ridiculous balance.
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State/Zip: TX 787XX
Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation
Was Company Response Timely: Yes
Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A
Complaint ID: 3071907
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