What is the most common complaint against Edward F Bukaty III?

The most common issue consumers report about Edward F Bukaty III is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Sued you in a state where you do not live or did not sign for the debt". This is based on 13 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Edward F Bukaty III increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Edward F Bukaty III are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Edward F Bukaty III's reputation grade?

Edward F Bukaty III has a reputation grade of B (score: 67.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Edward F Bukaty III respond to consumer complaints?

Edward F Bukaty III has a 85% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Edward F Bukaty III operate?

Edward F Bukaty III has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Louisiana (11 complaints).

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

Edward F Bukaty III - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

6
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
Written notification about debt

2
False statements or representation

1
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record edward-f-bukaty-iii Edward F Bukaty III

Grade B · 13 CFPB filings · 85% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #2249 · compose #1587

VOL 13
GRADE B
12MO 1
STATES 3
TIMELY 85%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #2,249
COMPOSE #1,587

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 3rd Generation, Inc. (13 complaints)

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

Edward F Bukaty III's 13 CFPB complaints sit next to 3rd Generation, 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

84.6% of Edward F Bukaty III's CFPB filings land in Louisiana

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Edward F Bukaty III is volume #2,249 but composite #1,587, while Louisiana dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Louisiana 84.6%; 11 of 13 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2014-08 33.3%; 4 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,249 volume; #1,587 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 662 places better than volume

How does Edward F Bukaty III compare to its peers?

How does Edward F Bukaty III compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Edward F Bukaty III National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

85%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-07 2016-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	6
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
Written notification about debt	2
False statements or representation	1
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Edward F Bukaty III come from?

Edward F Bukaty III's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Louisiana

11
Massachusetts

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Edward F Bukaty III: 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: 13.

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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