Great British Service! (Student Loans Co.)

Member Name: campusdog

Product:	Student Loans Co.
Date:	03/03/02 (375 review reads)
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Advantages: Free Phone!

Disadvantages: Need I say?

Five of the least successful things to do in England:

1. Vote Labour
2. Travel by Train
3. Go to McDonalds and ask for NO SALAD
4. Travel by Train
5. Get a Student Loan

In September 2000, I began a new chapter of my life, kissed mummy and daddy bye bye and went to University. Thankfully, I didn't use a train to get there. I would have still been somewhere between Doncaster and Leeds, trying to make sense of a ticket salesman if I had.

When I did arrive, I was introduced to the very bad, very slow, very vague Student Loans Company. Since July of that year, I believed that my loan installments would actually arrive on time without any hassle.

Oh so naive. Aren't I cute?!

What to do when you call Student Loans Company following no sign of an installment:

1. Talk over the incomprehendable Scottish woman who is trying to explain that its YOUR fault.
2. Hit the receiver repeatadly with the base of your hand.
3. Start to cry.
4. Warn the woman on the other end of the phone that you'll commit suicide.
5. Commit suicide.

The Studen Loans Company come with one guarantee: you'll wait for your money!

Then there is the problem of paperwork. Student Loans, along with your LEA, University and School, obviously detest trees. So they send reems of good paper to you, that you needn't fill in, nor read. But they often come in handy later, when you loose your sense of maturity and have paper aeroplane contests in Univeristy Halls of Residence or when you run out of loo roll.

There is no way out. If you're going to University, you'll probably be force fed by the Student Loans Company. They will make you cry.

All I can really recommend is that you fill in everything you need to VERY carefully, photocopy EVERYTHING and make sure that each phone call is recorded on computer by the person you talk to. They won't make a note of your phone c
all, so tell them to before you even start talking about the problems you're having.

I promise. You will contemplate a grizzly murder after three months of Student Loans.

However, you will get your money. It may take time, but your loan will eventually arrive. Almost as fast a train from Blackpool to Preston or a burger with NO SALAD to the counter at McDonalds.

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