New Posts For Thread: Student Loan Company & Professional Gamblinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gamblingI am receiving letters from the SLC asking what I'm doing and how I'm supporting myself financially. I initially wrote back and said I am presently supporting myself with income that free from taxation, but they are demanding evidence of this.They alI simply send a few recent bank statements to the SLC showing payments to and from virtually every betting company in the country. They return them a few weeks later with a standard letter saying my repayments are deferred until the next year.I thinkhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808310#420808310I simply send a few recent bank statements to the SLC showing payments to and from virtually every betting company in the country. They return them a few weeks later with a standard letter saying my repayments are deferred until the next year.I thinkMon, 08 Mar 2010 05:57:20 -0600Gallivanter 06 Mar 19:38 the fact is I AM NOT ENTITLED to pay it backThe fact is that if the rest of your education was absorbed as well as your English then it was wasted. You're the one refusing to pay your loan and yet you had a go at thehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808270#420808270Gallivanter 06 Mar 19:38 the fact is I AM NOT ENTITLED to pay it backThe fact is that if the rest of your education was absorbed as well as your English then it was wasted. You're the one refusing to pay your loan and yet you had a go at theSun, 07 Mar 2010 17:22:37 -0600I actually don't think its unreasonable to assume that a lot of gamblers especially ones who are currently being hounded by the SLC don't have £16K sitting in a physical bank account. 6K on the other hand is perhaps not such a stretch.Regardless, thhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808250#420808250I actually don't think its unreasonable to assume that a lot of gamblers especially ones who are currently being hounded by the SLC don't have £16K sitting in a physical bank account. 6K on the other hand is perhaps not such a stretch.Regardless, thSun, 07 Mar 2010 03:53:26 -0600Monkfish 07 Mar 08:22 Wow, I didn't know they could do even threaten repossessions of your family. That's outrageous I'm pretty sure they can't. I promise you they did though. (Unless both parents have individually decided to lie about it, whichhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808246#420808246Monkfish 07 Mar 08:22 Wow, I didn't know they could do even threaten repossessions of your family. That's outrageous I'm pretty sure they can't. I promise you they did though. (Unless both parents have individually decided to lie about it, whichSun, 07 Mar 2010 01:27:32 -0600Unfortunately for them, I'd found a way to pay in the few days it took them to try to screw me over and they had to cancel it.To show the lengths I had to go to to just avoid them trying to wreck my life, I managed to pay by going back and using thehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808242#420808242Unfortunately for them, I'd found a way to pay in the few days it took them to try to screw me over and they had to cancel it.To show the lengths I had to go to to just avoid them trying to wreck my life, I managed to pay by going back and using theSun, 07 Mar 2010 01:25:55 -0600Wow, I didn't know they could do even threaten repossessions of your family. That's outrageoushttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808238#420808238Wow, I didn't know they could do even threaten repossessions of your family. That's outrageousSun, 07 Mar 2010 01:22:55 -0600Monkfish 07 Mar 08:05 I suppose I mean why are they insisting you pay? It's all done and dusted now, it took me 17 years to pay though.They were insisting I pay because they are**bags. They threatened my family with repossessions amongst other thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808234#420808234Monkfish 07 Mar 08:05 I suppose I mean why are they insisting you pay? It's all done and dusted now, it took me 17 years to pay though.They were insisting I pay because they are**bags. They threatened my family with repossessions amongst other tSun, 07 Mar 2010 01:16:07 -0600I suppose I mean why are they insisting you pay? Seems like most haven't had any bother with them. The only prob I had was when I moved house and told them. They seemed to "forget" so I missed the deadline to "prove" I wasn't earning enough and myhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808230#420808230I suppose I mean why are they insisting you pay? Seems like most haven't had any bother with them. The only prob I had was when I moved house and told them. They seemed to "forget" so I missed the deadline to "prove" I wasn't earning enough and mySun, 07 Mar 2010 01:05:49 -0600Lori,Why are you paying if you don't have to?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808226#420808226Lori,Why are you paying if you don't have to?Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:02:29 -0600CurlyBlues 06 Mar 23:45 From experience I have an inkling that most people who support themselves financially through gambling alone don't sign on because the hassle isn't worth it. I strongly doubt it's because they are being altruistic and feelhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23531502/student-loan-company-professional-gambling?post_id=420808222#420808222CurlyBlues 06 Mar 23:45 From experience I have an inkling that most people who support themselves financially through gambling alone don't sign on because the hassle isn't worth it. I strongly doubt it's because they are being altruistic and feelSun, 07 Mar 2010 00:58:48 -0600