tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post9157711338586555867..comments2023-10-30T05:28:11.795-04:00Comments on All Education Matters: Is the war against Sallie Mae getting uglier?Cryn Johannsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-80604313157104332902010-02-15T00:26:33.913-05:002010-02-15T00:26:33.913-05:00Thanks for sharing the useful and informative post...Thanks for sharing the useful and informative post. I hope lot of guys here would love to get benefit of this article. Thanks for sharing with us.Character Educationhttp://www.iamgoingtocollege.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-26537444707309158872010-02-14T04:37:39.211-05:002010-02-14T04:37:39.211-05:00Reid - I am glad to hear that your experiences wit...Reid - I am glad to hear that your experiences with Nelnet were straightforward. That's good to hear. While I find all of these lenders pretty repugnant, it's good to share positive information as you did above. I think Sallie Mae and Nelnet should be dropped by the U.S. government. I have no hope of SAFRA making it through the Senate. It's already been stalled. Big surprise. It's gonna be like the whole health care disaster. If the dang thing even makes it through, the lenders will have their hands ALL over that sucker. That's why we must remind the President of his promise to get RID of lobbyists and special interest groups. They are destroying the country. I still have hope for Mr. Obama and his plans. But he needs to listen to our voices. If he goes against his word on these things, he and the Democrats will be losing a HUGE part of their base. The president won because of our votes, so he needs to live up to the standards he's set for national elections. I refuse to accept that he's a 1-term president and another Carter. B---s--t. If he's open to our problems and turns his attention to the needs of good, hard-working Americans, the President will win the next election.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-41284865600249526642010-02-13T13:27:45.219-05:002010-02-13T13:27:45.219-05:00Sallie May is a nightmare to work with. I haven...Sallie May is a nightmare to work with. I haven't consolidated my loans that I have with them yet, as half are with them and the remainder with Nelnet. My undergraduate loans stayed with Nelnet while my graduate loans have move through five providers thus far, and ending with Sallie May. I had a huge mess to content with Sallie May when I was unemployed a few years back; when yet another company I worked for shut its doors in the states and off shored its jobs to an outsourcer in the Philippines. I filled out all the paper work I was suppose to for deferment due to unemployment. They continued for months to send mails back to me stating I hadn’t submitted the appropriate documents, which they mailed me. Even the people, from India that I spoke to said I sent in the correct documents and they couldn’t figure out what was going on. After six months of this, I was already back at work and resumed my payments. Nelnet was actually pretty helpful in my contacts with them. They took care of it over the phone and actually directed me to their website, made sure I had the form available to me on the phone, and I submitted it electronically. When I do consolidate my loans it won’t be with Sallie May.Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207691299478909810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-70846159466891736272010-02-12T22:53:25.785-05:002010-02-12T22:53:25.785-05:00Sallie Mae is not merely subsidized - it actually...Sallie Mae is not merely subsidized - it actually began via Congressional mandate. It was a quasi-governmental agency (heck, look at the name, "Sallie Mae", of a type with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) until it was privatized in the 1990s (*after* my loans were consolidated through them, I might add).John in Bostonnoreply@blogger.com