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Oh, Good Going SLC
September 26, 2007, 15:55
Well, apparently the Student Loan Company have made a cockup. Marvellous.
I went into Uni registration today with the only letter I've received from the SLC in the last couple of months, the one with big red letters saying "TAKE THIS LETTER TO REGISTRATION", and handed it over at registration to be informed that "the SLC don't have your National Insurance number and won't be able to pay you" and also that "you need to give me this form before the SLC can pay the University or you". "This form" being a form that I have never seen, was not sent to me and was never mentioned until now.
I rang up Student Finance Direct when I got home, and was on hold for 25 minutes on a non-free number (great) and, when I finally got through, the guy (who didn't even apologise for the ridiculous wait) told me that they had my NI number, so that's OK. He also claimed that this letter I needed had been sent almost a month ago. The only letter I got a month ago was the one I took in today. So either the guy on the phone was lying to me or the guy in the Uni was lying to me. Either way, I'm getting screwed over.
Anyway, the guy on the phone said he would resend but it would take 5 to 10 days to arrive, then I'd have to take that into the University for them to verify it. It would take another 5 to 10 days after that to clear...
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I went into Uni registration today with the only letter I've received from the SLC in the last couple of months, the one with big red letters saying "TAKE THIS LETTER TO REGISTRATION", and handed it over at registration to be informed that "the SLC don't have your National Insurance number and won't be able to pay you" and also that "you need to give me this form before the SLC can pay the University or you". "This form" being a form that I have never seen, was not sent to me and was never mentioned until now.
I rang up Student Finance Direct when I got home, and was on hold for 25 minutes on a non-free number (great) and, when I finally got through, the guy (who didn't even apologise for the ridiculous wait) told me that they had my NI number, so that's OK. He also claimed that this letter I needed had been sent almost a month ago. The only letter I got a month ago was the one I took in today. So either the guy on the phone was lying to me or the guy in the Uni was lying to me. Either way, I'm getting screwed over.
Anyway, the guy on the phone said he would resend but it would take 5 to 10 days to arrive, then I'd have to take that into the University for them to verify it. It would take another 5 to 10 days after that to clear...
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Net Authority
June 24, 2007, 01:22
Oh, wow.
Well I had a rant here, but the comment that was made to it (see below) has cleared things up. I see no reason to keep the post here.
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Well I had a rant here, but the comment that was made to it (see below) has cleared things up. I see no reason to keep the post here.
I've Been Victimised
January 25, 2007, 15:29
When I first started Uni during the freshers week there was a bazarre thing set up next to the student union. In the bazarre were lots of different tables for various companies trying to hawk their wares at new Uni students through the lure of bags full of freebies.
There was all sorts there, insurance companies, mobile companies, even the police had a stall with loads of information on how to keep your stuff safe at uni and whatnot.
At the back of the tent there was a stall for a new web-based company called 'booksofcourse.com'. They were giving out free books to anyone that signed up and I already had a sack full of freebies, so one more wasn't going to hurt.
In December I went on the site to buy some books for the exams that I had earlier this month, I only ended up buying one book - a C# programming book aimed for students - because most of them were pretty expensive.
Anyway, come the exam time my book had still not arrived from them, so I sent them an email asking for any information about it but I didn't get a reply.
Today I got a letter through the post from 'Begbies Traynor' who are apparently a 'corporate rescue & recovery' company. The letter was basically telling me that booksofcourse are going the way of the dinosaur and are going to be liquidating their assets and whatnot.
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There was all sorts there, insurance companies, mobile companies, even the police had a stall with loads of information on how to keep your stuff safe at uni and whatnot.
At the back of the tent there was a stall for a new web-based company called 'booksofcourse.com'. They were giving out free books to anyone that signed up and I already had a sack full of freebies, so one more wasn't going to hurt.
In December I went on the site to buy some books for the exams that I had earlier this month, I only ended up buying one book - a C# programming book aimed for students - because most of them were pretty expensive.
Anyway, come the exam time my book had still not arrived from them, so I sent them an email asking for any information about it but I didn't get a reply.
Today I got a letter through the post from 'Begbies Traynor' who are apparently a 'corporate rescue & recovery' company. The letter was basically telling me that booksofcourse are going the way of the dinosaur and are going to be liquidating their assets and whatnot.
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