My husband lost his job in XX/XX/XXXX and was unemployed for almost XXXX months. He has recently started a new job with XXXX and we are getting our finances back on track. However, by the end of XXXX, I struggled to keep up with the payments and my student loans became dangerously past due. On or around XX/XX/XXXX, I arranged a {$250.00} student loan payment on line. I did not realize until it was too late that I had forgotten to change my banking information and the payment was rejected by my bank. ( I have since cleared this up. ) I called AES to discuss further options. On XX/XX/XXXX, I was told by a representative that I qualified for XXXX-day forbearance. When we discussed the unfortunate payment error, she said, " do n't worry about it ; the forbearance period would cover the non-payment. On XX/XX/XXXX, my credit bureau monitoring service notified me that my credit score had dropped by over XXXX points due to a XXXX-day late payment reported by AES. This was AFTER I was assured that I qualified for the forbearance. 

When I called AES to inquire about this, I was told that credit reporting operated on a separate system and that credit reporting was " automatic, '' but that he would note the situation in my file. All of the representatives have been very pleasant and helpful. However, as I explained to XXXX of the representatives, I am a consumer. When a representative tells me " not to worry about a payment issue, '' I listen. My husband and I are XXXX veterans and have to commute 2 hours to work every day. We are responsible and have not missed a student loan payment in several years. We need to buy a home closer to our work. 

The problem is this. The loans with AES are a consolidated debt of XXXX different loans. When the loans were reported to credit bureau as XXXX days late, my credit scores dropped almost XXXX points for EACH LOAN. That 's approximately XXXX points!!! This is neither fair nor accurate. When payments are made, amounts are applied to each individual loan. The way this is set up, even if XXXX of the XXXX loans is late, ALL XXXX report late. No credit report can sustain and instant XXXX point drop in credit score over something this confusing. 

Like I stated earlier, I am a veteran and a responsible citizen. I struggled to pay the loans on time for the entire XXXX months my husband was out of work. It is not fair that I should have to suffer the insult of a XXXX day late payment due to misinformation that I was given. If I am late making payments due to neglect, then I would feel like I have earned this discredit. However, I was acting on information supplied to me by a company representative. I followed their rules. Therefore, I respectfully ask that the XXXX day late be removed from all XXXX credit bureaus so that we can move on with our lives.