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Free at last!
Well… sort of. Of my Student Loan at least.
The Student Loans Company have requested that the Inland Revenue stop taking payments from my salary and it has come into effect at last in today’s pay. Suddenly I find myself free of the loan and about ?Ǭ£230 a month better off.
I think I should feel damned lucky I’ve managed to get this paid off in six years really – I think some people will be paying theirs off forever.
Posted on April 30, 2007 | Filed Under My So-Called Life
Comments
Response left by Simon on May 2nd, 2007
SLC are a bit crap it has to be said.
I actually rang them to say “I think I’m getting a bit close to finishing” and they were a bit “so prove it or we won’t do anything”..
And then a week later I get a letter to say they’re going to stop it anyway. Very odd.
Response left by Rob on May 2nd, 2007
Can I suggest donating that extra ?Ǭ£230 a month to a good cause….namely the ekidd ‘finally finished my degree but need a job/flat/car and pay off my student loan….god I need a beer’ fund….no?…can’t tempt you at all?
Response left by Emma on May 2nd, 2007
I was working on the “finally starting to save something so I don’t end my days on a drip in a nursing home” fund.
But then I am a selfish bastard.
Response left by Rob on May 2nd, 2007
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Ah, I remember when I finally stabbed my student loan to death. Typical of the SLC I noticed that a payment hadn’t gone out when it ought to have done, called them up, and discovered that I had less than my monthly rate left to clear, so had stopped my payments. Presumably they were just waiting for me to contact them and sort it all out for them. I celebrated my newfound wealth by promptly walking out of the job I was in, returning to meagre and sporadic temporary work for nearly two years. Happy days.