Due to unforeseen hardship during XXXX semesters of my XXXX career, the federal financial aid and tuition assistance by my employer was not enough. After being declined by my local bank I resorted to taking out a small ( {$6000.00} ) loan from the private lending company, Sallie Mae. I graduated with my XXXX 's XXXX XX/XX/XXXX and 2 months ago ended up losing my job to due lay-offs. 
As soon as I lost my job I contacted Sallie Mae to alert them of the situation and began attempting to negotiate a lower monthly payment amount ( from {$300.00} to {$50.00} until I am able to get back on my feet ) .I have sent Sallie Mae a total of XXXX letters via Certified Mail and in response they began calling me an average of XXXX times per day, every hour, starting as early as XXXX. 
In my XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX letter I explicitly requested that Sallie Mae attempt all further communication via paper letters rather than phone messages however these requests have been ignored and my phone continues to ring off the hook and I am met with at least XXXX harassing messages threatening " something bad will happen '' if I do not call them back. 
I am not avoiding making my student loan payments and even in this financially difficult time I want to maintain an open line of communication with Sallie Mae, however I feel that their collection attempts have crossed over the line into being harassment.