Consumer complaint received 2019-04-04 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are being handled
Company: GREAT LAKES
State: WI

Complaint narrative:
I received my yearly bonus from work and wanted to pay off the remaining {$740.00} of one of my student loans. I went onto the website and turned over the money from my bank account. I waited several days, waiting to see this money come out. Although the money instantly comes out of my bank account, making it impossible for me to make interest on it, Great Lakes always drags their feet for 4-10 days so THEY can continue to make interest off of me. 

I submitted {$770.00}, which is {$35.00} more than what was 'owed ' ( see attached ), because their is ALWAYS some conniving and deception when dealing with these people. After the typical days of waiting to see the money, already taken from my account, be applied to my loan I noticed that not only did they not use my money as instructed but, they arbitrarily left {$180.00} on the loan I told them to pay off. So they robbed my yearly bonus, refused to let me pay off my loan, AND are collecting interest on it as we speak!!! 

I contacted them stating that I ; 1. ) Have screen shots of what they've done 2. )  Have bank statements showing them taking this unaccounted for money ( my yearly bonus ) and 3. ) Have read and understand their " Excess Payment Policy ''. I stated all of this up front to try and expedite my dealings with them as their default stance is to always claim a lack of intelligence/understanding on my part. 

I'm done arguing with these people month after month and waiting around for them to do something about the CONSTANT " misunderstandings ''. There is no misunderstanding. I have all the paperwork to show they are lying and purposely misdirecting money in order to keep loans active, even AFTER I SEND THEM THE MONEY TO PAY THEM OFF. 

I'm not XXXX, I understand perfectly well, what they do is NOT complicated, and I should've reported them earlier when it was smaller amounts of money and not an entire year 's worth of regular over time to have my bonus robbed from me and then being called too XXXX  to know how to give my money to them properly. 

I sent them the money to pay off loan # XXXX. There is NO MISUNDERSTANDING. 

Then, I got an email from XXXX in Borrower Services Department stating ; " The first {$260.00} from your XX/XX/XXXX monthly payment were applied to cover your remaining monthly payment. The remaining {$500.00} was applied to the loan token of your choice. '' This is SO far off the mark that she could not have possibly even looked at my information. As you can see attached, my monthly payment came out on XX/XX/XXXX, as it does every month, and it is for {$270.00}. There is no money " left over '' from my monthly payment, that doesn't even make any sense. Then, on XXXX, they took my 2018 yearly work bonus, which she does not even mention in the email, and disappeared it.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation