Consumer complaint received 2019-02-11
Company: Nelnet, Inc.
State: NY
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services
Sub-issue: Billing dispute for services

Complaint:
On XX/XX/XXXX, I opened a loan account with Nelnet , Inc., a Federal student loan administrator whom I was directed to by my college XXXX XXXX XXXX University - XXXX, NY Campus. I borrowed the amount that would suffice the difference between total tuition cost and my partial scholarship, which was {$6500.00} or thereabouts. On XX/XX/XXXX, I borrowed a like amount from the same administrator for the same reason as the first loan from XXXX. In the XXXX instance, I had to acquire two loans that made up the amount needed ; a larger loan of {$4000.00} and a smaller one of {$2000.00}. At this time, the balance of all three loans totals {$13000.00}, including interest. 

In XX/XX/XXXX, as shown by the provided images of the reporting of XXXX , XXXX, ascertained by an online credit monitoring service, the lender began to report missed payments in excess of 90 days. I myself, as the borrower, was not properly notified of payments becoming due and eventually delinquent at the time of these reports. I was not contacted directly by Nelnet , Inc. until XX/XX/XXXX, when I was granted forbearance of payment for financial hardship. I was notified by the representative who assisted me with the forbearance procedure that efforts had been made to contact my mother, whom I did not live with and did not have regular contact with, in regards to the delinquency of the loans. As the sole borrower of the loan, whose accurate contact information was provided with the application for the loan and online management portal, I believe it is not just that this administrator made no effort to contact me as the borrower in pursuance of payment or procedure in regards to the loan until several months after the account had become delinquent. 

I continued with forbearance with no issue from the provider for more than one year after the initial delinquency and maintained good standing with Nelnet , Inc. and they reported as such to credit bureaus. However, in XXXX and XXXX of XXXX, they once again reported missed payments in excess of 90 days, also visible in the provided imagery, despite my forbearance status. Upon contacting the administrator again, they reinstated forbearance, but did not report good standing to credit bureaus until seven months later, in XX/XX/XXXX, also visible in provided images. More investigation of their reporting procedures indicate that numerous months of all three accounts being in good standing went unreported by Nelnet , Inc., which I believe is unjust. It is unjust not only for the initial failure to contact me as the sole borrower associated with the loan, but also for Nelnet , Inc. to continuously report the account delinquent in excess of 90 days and not reporting at appropriate intervals of 30, 60, and  eventually 90 days, as well as their failure to report positive standing for many months throughout the repayment period.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation