What is the most common complaint against CBS Collections, Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about CBS Collections, Inc is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 8 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against CBS Collections, Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against CBS Collections, Inc are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is CBS Collections, Inc's reputation grade?

CBS Collections, Inc has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does CBS Collections, Inc respond to consumer complaints?

CBS Collections, Inc has a 88% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 75% of cases.

In how many states does CBS Collections, Inc operate?

CBS Collections, Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Washington (5 complaints).

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

CBS Collections, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
False statements or representation

2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record cbs-collections-inc CBS Collections, Inc

Grade D · 8 CFPB filings · 88% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2677 · compose #3794

VOL 8
GRADE D
12MO 0
STATES 3
TIMELY 88%
DISPUTE 75%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,677
COMPOSE #3,794

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: A+ Loans, Inc. (8 complaints)

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

CBS Collections, Inc's 8 CFPB complaints sit next to A+ Loans, 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 →

State-heavy filing map

62.5% of CBS Collections, Inc's CFPB filings land in Washington

High volume does not equal a clean composite: CBS Collections, Inc is volume #2,677 but composite #3,794, while Washington dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Washington 62.5%; 5 of 8 filings · 3 states touched
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2013-09 at 5.9% (1 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,677 volume; #3,794 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,117 places worse than volume

How does CBS Collections, Inc compare to its peers?

How does CBS Collections, 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

CBS Collections, Inc National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

88%

25%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

75%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-09 2024-06

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
False statements or representation	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against CBS Collections, Inc come from?

CBS Collections, Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Washington

5
Alaska

2
Arkansas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for CBS Collections, 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: 8.

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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