vivekkopthsd/cfpb-consumer-complaints huggingface dataset:
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Vehicle loan or lease — Loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — Problem with the interest rate
Company: CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
On  XXXX   XXXX ,  2016 .   I got a car financed for a cost of  XXXX  $ with a n APR 23.9 9 % to 6 years and they charging for  XXXX  $ on interest to 6 years. I gave  XXXX  $ of down payment for the car, they want me to pay more of interest then the car value and they havent pay anything to capital, and i got to pay  XXXX  $ per month and i pay  XXXX  $ and they dont pay nothing to the capital they accredited it to interest, till now everytime i pay them, they take it to interest only, and i feel thats ilegal.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Vehicle loan or lease — Loan
Issue: Managing the loan or lease — Billing problem
Company: Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
my   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   was declared a total loss after a hail storm on XX/XX/XXXX . My insurance company  XXXX  immediately sent a check in the amount of {$6800.00} dated  XX/XX/XXXX . I began calling Santander every few days to see if the balance had been applied to my loan so that we could move forward with getting GAP to pay the remainder of the loan. it was almost 3 weeks when I asked to speak with a manger worried the check had become lost. the manager assured me it can take some time to process and not too worry, i advised that my insurance company was also concerned and if much more time goes by they will consider stopping payment. A few days later the check was cashed, and I began asking them to please send GAP the forms needed to process the rest of the claim. Santander assured me they had already sent the needed documents and would refax them, all the while  XXXX  denies receiving them. Well a few days after the {$6800.00} was applied it was deducted from the account bringing the loan back to the full amount owed before the total loss. Santander assured me the payment was stopped on the check,   XXXX   proves it was not stopped.   XXXX    is now sending me nasty letters advising if they do n't get the info they need in 20 days they are closing my GAP claim. my loan is now 36 days past due and counting. My insurance company has spent numerous hours arguing with santander as well as myself. I have gotten no where, it 's ruining my credit, and now i 'm in a time crunch for my gap claim.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Keep getting calls about your loan
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: VA

Complaint narrative:
Im under extreme financial hardship due to a serious life threatening medical condition that required emergency  XXXX , multiple hospital/doctor visits and ongoing treatment. I have explained this to Navient many times and simply can not afford to pay my student loans. They call me and email me at lea st 6 to 10  times a day from different phone numbers and it 's maddening. They do it early in the morning, late at night and during my work day and it 's absolutely inappropriate and aggressive. It has caused me so much unnecessary stress that is actually impacting my already fragile state of health.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Company: BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I would like you to investigate and REMOVE the illegal and unapproved " Hard Inquiry '' on my credit report b y the Barclay Card USA o n  XXXX   XXXX ,  XXXX . They  ( Barclay Card USA ) NEVER informed me that a hard hit would take place. To add insult to injury, after repeated back and forth conversations with Barclay Card USA management, they keep insisting that " customers are not told that  their card would be getting a HARD credit inquiry hit as the customer should " Assume '' that a " Hard Inquiry '' would take place.     Really? Who in their right mind would say  YES  to a hard inquiry ( similar to the level of buying a house or a car ) stuck on your credit for 3 years for a {$100.00} credit increase? This has to be a JOKE!      Barclay Card has now damaged my credit score and now I have to wait before proceeding with my mortgage application until this ILL EGAL mark on my credit report in permanently removed.     This NEGATIVE mark and ILLEGAL and UNAPPROVED act by the  Barclay  Card must be addressed as the rep on the phone on  XXXX   XXXX ,  XXXX ,  XXXX   XXXX ,  XXXX  ( and several times there after ) informed me that it 's common practice to pull this sort of nonsense on innocent, unadvised and uninformed customers such as me. Never has any other credit card company in my  XXXX  years ever hit my credit with a HARD inquiry for a simple, few  XXXX  dollar credit increase request. If they were going to do so, they would inform me fully before proceeding. Instead, as the management at  Barclay Card USA repe atedly told me, it is NOT their responsibility to inform the customer if they are going to pull a soft or HARD credit inquiry. Very disturbing, to say the least, when a customer is last to know and will only find out by default via your credit bureau credit report month  ( if not years ) down the road.      So, as in my case,  XXXX  hard inquiries were done on my card b y Barclay Card USA  within a 2 months window. What did I do, buy a house or a car from them? NO, I just simply asked if it was possible to get a couple  XXXX  dollar credit line increase.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
None of the information on the credit bureaus are mine. I have been complaining about this for years. My  XXXX ,  XXXX , and Equifax are completely wrong.. This severe fraud is not right. I need my due process. I need this taken care of immediately!!! This is causing very serious complication in my life. Please help me resolve this asap.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
None of the information on the credit bureaus are mine. I have been complaining about this for years. My transunion,  XXXX , and   XXXX   are completely wrong.. This severe fraud is not right. I need my due process. I need this taken care of immediately!!! This is causing very serious complication in my life. Please help me resolve this asap.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: PA

Complaint narrative:
None of the information on the credit bureaus are mine. I have been complaining about this for years. My  XXXX , experian, and  XXXX  are completely wrong.. This severe fraud is not right. I need my due process. I need this taken care of immediately!!! This is causing very serious complication in my life. Please help me resolve this asap.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Company: TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I would like you to investigate and REMOVE the illegal and unapproved " Hard Inquiry '' on my credit report by the  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  on   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  . They (  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  NEVER informed me that a hard hit would take place. To add insult to injury, after repeated back and forth conversations with  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   management, the y keep insisting that " customers are not told that their card would be getting a HARD credit inquiry hit as the customer should " Assume '' that a " Hard Inquiry '' would take place.     Really? Who in their right mind would say YES to a hard inquiry ( similar to the level of buying a house or a car ) stuck on your credit for 3 years for a {$100.00} credit increase? This has to be a JOKE!      XXXX   XXXX  has now damaged  my credit score a nd now I have to wait before proceeding with my mortgage application until this ILLEGAL mark on my credit report in permanently removed.     This NEGATIVE mark and ILLEGAL and UNAPPROVED act by the   XXXX   XXXX   must be addressed as the rep on the phone on   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  ,   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX    (  and several times there after ) informed me that it 's common practice to pull this sort of nonsense on innocent, unadvised and uninformed customers such as me. Never has any other credit card company in my  XXXX  years ever hit my credit with a HARD inquiry for a simple, few  hundred  dollar credit increase request. If they were going to do so, they would inform me fully before proceeding. Instead, as the management at  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  repeatedly told me, it is NOT their responsibility to inform the customer if they are going to pull a soft or HARD credit inquiry. Very disturbing, to say the least, when a customer is last to know and will only find out by default via your credit bureau credit report mont h ( if not years ) down the road .     So, as in my case,  XXXX  hard inquiries were done on my card by  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  within a 2 months window. What did I do, buy a house or a car from them? NO, I just simply asked if it was possible to get a couple hundred dollar credit line increase.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I would like you to investigate and REMOVE the illegal and unapproved " Hard Inquiry '' on my credit report b  y the   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   on  XX/XX/XXXX . They (   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   ) NEVER informed me that a hard hit would take place. To add insult to injury, after repeated back and forth conversations with   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   management, they keep insisting that " customers are not told that their card would be getting a HARD credit inquiry hit as the customer should " Assume '' that a " Hard Inquiry '' would take place.
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Really? Who in their right mind would say YES to a hard inquiry ( similar to the level of buying a house or a car ) stuck on your credit for 3 years for a {$100.00} credit increase? This has to be a JOKE!
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  XXXX   XXXX   has now damaged my credit score and now I have to wait before proceeding with my mortgage application until this ILLEGAL mark on my credit report in permanently removed.
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This NEGATIVE mark and ILLEGAL and UNAPPROVED act by the   XXXX   XXXX   must be addressed as the rep on the phone on  XX/XX/XXXX , XX/XX/XXXX  ( and several times there after ) informed me that it 's common practice to pull this sort of nonsense on innocent, unadvised and uninformed customers such as me. Never has any other credit card company in my 47 years ever hit my credit with a HARD inquiry for a simple, few hundred dollar credit increase request. If they were going to do so, they would inform me fully before proceeding. Instead, as the management at   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   repeatedly told me, it is NOT their responsibility to inform the customer if they are going to pull a soft or HARD credit inquiry. Very disturbing, to say the least, when a customer is last to know and will only find out by default via your credit bureau credit report month ( if not years ) down the road.
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So, as in my case, TWO hard inquiries were done on my card by   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   within a 2 months window. What did I do, buy a house or a car from them? NO, I just simply asked if it was possible to get a couple hundred dollar credit line increase.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NC

Complaint narrative:
I would like you to investigate and REMOVE the illegal and unapproved " Hard Inquiry '' on my credit report by the  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  on    XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   . They (  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   )  NEVER informed me that a hard hit would take place. To add insult to injury, after repeated back and forth conversations with  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  management, they keep insisting that " customers are not told that their card would be getting a HARD credit inquiry hit as the customer should " Assume '' that a " Hard Inquiry '' would take place.     Really? Who in their right mind would say YES to a hard inquiry ( similar to the level of buying a house or a car ) stuck on your credit for 3 years for a {$100.00} credit increase? This has to be a JOKE!      XXXX   XXXX  has now damaged my  credit score a nd now I have to wait before proceeding with my mortgage application until this ILLEGAL mark on my credit report in permanently removed.     This NEGATIVE mark and ILLEGAL and UNAPPROVED act by the  XXXX   XXXX  must be addressed as the rep on the phone on    XXXX   XXXX   XXXX   ,    XXXX   XXXX   XXXX     (  and several times there after ) informed me that it 's common practice to pull this sort of nonsense on innocent, unadvised and uninformed customers such as me. Never has any other credit card company in my   XXXX      years ever hit my credit with a HARD inquiry for a simple, few  hundred doll ar credit increase request. If they were going to do so, they would inform me fully before proceeding. Instead, as the management at  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  repeatedly told me, it is NOT their responsibility to inform the customer if they are going to pull a soft or HARD credit inquiry. Very disturbing, to say the least, when a customer is last to know and will only find out by default via your credit bureau credit report mont h ( if not years ) down the road.      So, as in my case,  XXXX  hard inquiries were done on my card by  XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  within a 2 months window. What did I do, buy a house or a car from them? NO, I just simply asked if it was possible to get a coupl e hundred doll ar credit line increase.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Credit card debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: ZENCO COLLECTION, LLC
State: FL

Complaint narrative:
Received a call from a XXXX XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX. Zenco Firm, the first time, but it is actually Zenco Collects. Tel. number XXXX # XXXX Has website with numerous negative reports. Real collectors, supposingly will not verbally abuse someone or make threats against them. XXXX XXXX XXXX associate a XXXX XXXX phone number XXXX XXXX XXXX # XXXX case # XXXX, attorney for the State of Texas.??????
Right off XXXX XXXX threatened to compromise my social security card number in which she had along with my drivers license. She said I owed over {$17000.00} from this debt in XX/XX/XXXX. She was willing to accept {$560.00}.
Again she threatened putting a lien against my condo and car. I asked her how she got the information. She said they were debt collectors.
When she told me about my social security, I knew it was a scam. But I was upset about her knowing my ss # and license #. Since that date she and her associate continue to harrass me via phone calls but dropped the ss # They are very good ad threatening people, especially senior citizens. They have all these legal words and recording numbers .Also they would only accept payments thru XXXX card or check - no payment plan. I saved all their phone calls on my voice mail. I am anxious about their knowing my home address.
Check out their website. zencocollects.com I need this stopped ...
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Company public response: Company believes complaint represents an opportunity for improvement to better serve consumers
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Private student loan
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer — Trouble with how payments are being handled
Company: Navient Solutions, LLC.
State: HI

Complaint narrative:
I graduated in   XXXX   from   XXXX   XXXX   XXXX  . I had to apply for  XXXX   XXXX  "   XXXX   XXXX   loan '' for half of my loans I took out during school because they were the only ines I qualified for. I paid the interest off in monthly payments while I was attending. The payments were on an automatic deduction and took out every month. However, when I graduated they stopped my automatic deduction payments and then tried to charge me a late fee because I did n't pay on time. I asked why they stopped my payments and they said they expired for some reason and I needed to start them again. I was fighting on the phone with customer service so many times and called so many times because they kept messing up my loan payments that I was automatically transferred to management everytime I called which did n't really help much either. Over time when I started working as a  XXXX  I was able to make higher loan payments. However, everytime I paid over the minimum payment, they never applied it to the loan. They only took out the minimum payment so they could charge the interest fee on it. I called and asked what was happening to my payment, the money that I paid extra on? They replied that if you pay over the minimum payment the extra money goes towards next months minimum payment. They call it " pay it forward '' so I asked, I 'm never going to be able to pay extra on my loan to pay it down quicker? They said I did n't specify that I wanted to do that so all the extra money I 'm paying a month is going towards future minimum payments.   I was tired of dealing with     XXXX   XXXX    , which is now navient, and went to my credit union and explained my situation. I asked to take out a private loan to pay off my high interest rate student loans. I qualified and they asked for an address to mail the check to navient. I called customer service and they would n't give me an address. My bank called and searched navient website and they too would not give an address. My bank ended up transferring the menu into my account and said they would be able to see when I made the payment to navient on the website.   Very frustrating with the whole process.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation
Consumer complaint received 2017-05-27 00:00:00
Product: Student loan — Federal student loan servicing
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan — Problem lowering your monthly payments
Company: AES/PHEAA
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I am on the Income-Driven Repayment Plan for my student loans. My service provider is FedLoan Servicing. I just completed the annual renewal process for my plan, at which time my monthly payments were increased from $ XXXX/month to $ XXXX/month. I am unable to pay the new amount. I did have a very small increase in pay ( 2.5 % ) last XXXX from $ XXXX/hour to $ XXXX/hour. ( I work full-time/non-exempt, which means if I do n't have work for 8 hours/day, I do n't get paid for 8 hours ). I work for a XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX for people who have severe and multiple XXXX. My pay is approx. minimum wage in the area where I live, which is in one of the highest cost-of-living areas of the United States. My budget is stretched to the limit every month. I was able to pay the $ XXXX/month payments. The new amount, $ XXXX/month, however far exceeds my budget. I am XXXX years old, live in a very small rented room, and on my paycheck, I am not able to save for future health care/living costs. When FedLoan Servicing increased my payment amounts, based on their calculation of how much my income allows me to pay each month, I wrote to them ( on XXXX ), told them that I can not pay that amount, and asked the why the increase was so high, when my pay and pay raise was little. I also provided details and requested that they help me find a way to lower my monthly payments to approx. the amount I paid last year, {$82.00}. They emailed me a form letter on XXXX, saying I would hear from them within 10 days. On XXXX, I received the bill for my next payment, due XXXX XXXX, for {$340.00}. I emailed them immediately, again stating that I can not pay that amount, and asked them to help me lower my payments to approx. the amount I was paying. I understand that it has not yet been 10 days since their XXXX form email, saying I will hear from them within 10 days. I am sending in this complaint, however, in order to get some clarity and support in this situation. I do not understand their reasoning regarding raising my payments so high. Also, with the changes proposed by our new administration in the Federal Government, I do not know if I will have any support in the future. Thank you very much for your assistance.

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief