What is the most common complaint against Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 10,398 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. are rising. The company received 4,922 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 18% of cases.

In how many states does Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. operate?

Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 53 states, with the most complaints from Texas (1,426 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 53 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

5,068
Written notification about debt

2,104
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1,448
False statements or representation

1,159
Communication tactics

273
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

136

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record caine-weiner-company-inc Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.

Grade D · 10,398 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #18 · compose #3674

VOL 10,398
GRADE D
12MO 4,922
STATES 53
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 18%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #18
COMPOSE #3,674

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (10,403 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.'s 10,398 CFPB complaints sit next to Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

Distributed filing map

Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. spreads filings across 53 states - Texas leads at only 13.7%

Despite a broad state map, Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. still sits volume #18 against composite #3,674 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,656 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Texas still leads at 13.7% across 53 states
Seasonal peak: 2025-06 8.0%; 8–15% band · 9 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #18 volume; #3,674 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,656 places worse than volume

How does Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does CAINE & WEINER COMPANY, INC. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

CAINE & WEINER COMPANY… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

4,922

3,871

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

18%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-03 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	5,068
Written notification about debt	2,104
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1,448
False statements or representation	1,159
Communication tactics	273
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	136
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	81
Electronic communications	68
Disclosure verification of debt	43
Improper contact or sharing of info	13

Where do complaints against Caine & Weiner Company, Inc. come from?

Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

1,426
Florida

1,404
Georgia

1,089
California

589
Pennsylvania

455
North Carolina

439
New York

433
South Carolina

388

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 10,398.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.83692486895748%.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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