AES is the worst! My next plan of attack is a letter going out in the mail tomorrow indicating other student loan companies who have forgiven late payments for their customers, and that I would rather pay all of this interest to a company who is willing to work with me, and not against me. There are lenders out there that you could potentially re-finance with who would offer a better interest rate, and be more helpful when you have a good faith request such as a measly late payment. Seriously! Everyone makes a slip up here, and there...it's really not a big deal to remove a couple negative marks. They should be ashamed of themselves...they probably pray on the fact that you'll just give up, but don't! Keep your next GW letter ready for when 45 days comes around, and you haven't heard anything, or you get some basic form letter sent to you. Ridiculous!
