possible reprieve by US Debt of Education?

I think dealing with the dept. of education directly is a much better choice than dealing with the collection agency, especially when you are contacted by allied interstate who happens to be the worst debt collectors.

You sent a large amount of money to the dept of Edu. Did you get a confirmation email from the dept of edu? The email will confirm that your money is going to the right place.

Thank you Christina for your response. I sent payment the same day I received the Debt Statement letter from the US Dept of Education. I was admitedly very excited when I received the letter because I knew it was a possible invitation to resolve my debt situation under satisfactory terms. I absolutely loathe Allied Intersate! At present, I have yet to receive a confirmation of receipt from ED.

If I do not receive a response, Ill just contact them and perhaps we can work something out. But I dread the chance that the ED will deny my account rehab plight. They've done it once before and it would be difficult to deal with another huge disapointment.

I used to collect student loans. You do have the right to rehabilitate that loan provided it is not a Perkins loan, or an N loan. Direct loans, Guaranteed, and Federal loans can be rehabilitated. Unfortunately, the truth is that once a student loan is defaulted and sent to a collection agency, contacting the DOE is not an option.

Here is someone else who has had a bad experience with allied, work directly with the dept of ed and DO NOT give them any personal information that is ALLIED.

Recently I was contact by allied interstate for a balance owed on a car that my ex husband had repoed. My name was on the loan so therefore I was liable too. Allied called my work number and I asked that they not call me at work as I am not allowed to receive personal calls at work. A woman screamed so loud at me that she was incoherent. I finally hung up on her. She called over and over again and each time I told her the same thing. I offered to call her on my lunch break at noon and at 11:45 she called to "remind" me to call. I told her that I still had 15 minutes and hung up on her. At noon I called and she said she wanted $2,000 or she was going to call my human resource dept. to have my wages attached.

I told her that was against Pennsylvania credit laws and once again she screamed at me. Finally a Bruce Silverman took the phone from her and he calmly talked to me. I offered to make two $250 payments, one at the end of May and one at the end of June. He agreed and said we could talk about the balance after that. I stupidly gave him my bank info and ended the call. Guess what happened next....they withdrew the $250 at the end of April. I called Mr. Silverman and he apologized over and over again. He said they would send me a check for $250 and said he knew this was an inconvenience. He even offered to overnight it. Guess what....it still hasn't arrived and it has messed up my bank account so badly that I don't know what to do. I called Mr. Silveman to tell him I never received the check and he said "well it was sent". Now he doesn't answer HIS phone. I think he has caller ID too. What can I do. They now have my bank account info and I am afraid that they are going to start making deductions! HELP!!!

Cheryl

Your taxoff set notice does not include mandatory collection fees which the guarantor applies to your account 60 days post default. That will account for the difference in the balance amounts. These notices are sent out year as a courtesy and never include the name of the CA collecting on the account. Despite having paid the amount listed on the listed on the tax offset slip, your account is more than likely paid in full. Interest accruals from the date of the letter and collection fees would still apply.

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i started attending a school in a foreign country that i took out a 2500$ student loan (20 years ago). the loan was not taken care of and forgotten until a few years ago we started applying for the child tax credit and received a refund on our taxes which was then confiscated by the collection agency (allied international)by this time the loan with interest was up to almost 7000$, but with the taking of our returns(3,443$)should have been cut in half.we didnt file for the past 2 years and when i called to find out what was going on with my debt i was informed it had been turned over to another agency (west assett management)who informed me my present debt is 4400$. they told me if i pay it off in one shot it could be reduced to 3100$. as for credit ratings, i do not own any credit cards and am still living in debt, still outside of the u.s..also the refund we received is from my wifes salary (she has been kind enough so far not to file an injured spouse claim and allowed the money to be used towards my debt). my question: how much bargaining power do i have and how much can i realistically expect them to pay off, after all, the original debt has been paid off to the first collection agency with interest.

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