Back in May, I wrote about Sallie Mae receiving a penalty for overcharging military service members that were supposed to have capped interest rates and additional benefits for their student loans. Sallie Mae ignored these in many cases and then they were finally hit with a penalty. During that time,
Continue readingAuthor: Debt Hater
August 2014 Budget Review
It’s the end of the month, and that means it’s time for another budget review post. Aren’t you super excited? I know I was curious to see myself how I much spent this month. There was a little extra spending in general for this month (that shouldn’t repeat in future
Continue readingStudent Loan Progress – August 2014
Where did the time go this Summer? That’s what I’m thinking to myself right now as I write my August student loan summary realizing that Summer has flew by this year. Here in the Northeast US it’s been a rather mild Summer compared to these past few years, and it hasn’t
Continue readingI Made A Stupid Mistake With My Credit Card
When I left for vacation I thought I had set up and scheduled everything for my student loans, car insurance, and credit cards to be paid with no issues. Apparently I had not fully set up all of my accounts or missed clicking confirm on the final screen, and one of
Continue readingJuly 2014 Budget Review
I entered the month of July fully aware that it would be a very high spending month for me, most likely the highest spending month, and I came out of July proving myself right. Let’s hope that I don’t prove myself wrong this month though! I went down to Ocean
Continue reading