MEFA Student Loan Complaint

MEFA Student loan department,

Non-federal student loan Dealing with my lender or servicer Trouble with how payments are handled New Hampshire

MEFA - harassment and threats. We get multiple mailings and calls harassing us that our loans are " in default, '' even though I have paid in advance and have automatic bill payments sent at the same time every month ( not auto withdrawal ). When we set up the loan ( s ), we were never told that every semester there is a whole new loan and account assigned to each student so I had NO IDEA that my monthly payments were going to a non-early repayment account vs. the monthly payment account. 1 year after trying to resolve this, it 's still an outstanding issue that MEFA/- says is putting ALL my accounts in arrears and will be sent to a credit agency. Recently, I was laid off and we called to adjust the terms of an in school payment plan and they said we needed to fill out a slew of paperwork, which we did. They then came back and said we were not only in default, but that we were now $900.00 in arrears after only 1 month. They said that THEY had n't processed their paperwork but that we were still responsible for paying in interim. This is after we called to say I had been laid off and need to modify payments! 4 months have gone by and THEY have still NOT resolved this! This company borders on illegal and threatening behavior that I feel needs to be investigated and monitored for illegal practices and federal and state action should be put in place to force them to change their practices.