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No Job to Pay Off Student Loans? Try eBay

February 27, 2008 RSS Feed Print
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With $30,000 in loans, an anthropology degree, dreams of communicating with primates via sign language, and almost no current job prospects, one Indiana University alum is trying to auction off her loans on eBay, the Indiana Daily Student reports. She's already made $50. Only $29,950 plus interest to go!

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Hello I do not agree with all of you!

Alestedut of AL 9:22PM July 28, 2011

I too have student debt of about 60,000. I had to get loans in undergrad to support me and my kids as well as through grad school. Now I have a MS in Criminal Justice Admin/Security, no job prospects, and actually have no place to live. I have been living with different relatives and been split up from my kids. Yes they are all over 18, the youngest is 19. It's the last three I have had to worry about the most because my last husband molested my girls and brainwashed my son. It has been a long past 6 yrs and I still have issues with my younger three. Right now I am in VA with my second oldest babysitting so she and her husband can work. The pay is not great and barely keeps me paying bills I do have. So I can see this girl's point but she is young and I am not. I am in my early 50's and it's hard to impress employers that I have the skills to succeed in the position advertised. They can't say so but I know it's my age. I don't have a lot of the experience that most of the job ads require so I do what i can to survive. I would love for someone to pay off my school loans so I can work towards a stable place to stay instead of worrying about defaulting on my loans.

Debbie of NC 9:16PM July 19, 2009

You never know. There may be people that have more money than they know what to do with and want to help someone in need! It is worth a shot!

Amy of OH 10:50PM March 11, 2008

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