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

The most common issue consumers report about Media Collections, Inc is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 303 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Media Collections, Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Media Collections, Inc have been stable. The company received 62 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Media Collections, Inc's reputation grade?

Media Collections, Inc has a reputation grade of C (score: 57.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Media Collections, Inc respond to consumer complaints?

Media Collections, Inc has a 98% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 6% of cases.

In how many states does Media Collections, Inc operate?

Media Collections, Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 45 states, with the most complaints from Texas (34 complaints).

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

Media Collections, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 45 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

125
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

52
False statements or representation

42
Written notification about debt

28
Communication tactics

27
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

13

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record media-collections-inc Media Collections, Inc

Grade C · 303 CFPB filings · 98% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #394 · compose #2707

VOL 303
GRADE C
12MO 62
STATES 45
TIMELY 98%
DISPUTE 6%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #394
COMPOSE #2,707

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: United PanAm Financial Corp. (304 complaints)

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

Media Collections, Inc's 303 CFPB complaints sit next to United PanAm Financial Corp. 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

Media Collections, Inc spreads filings across 45 states - Texas leads at only 11.2%

Despite a broad state map, Media Collections, Inc still sits volume #394 against composite #2,707 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,313 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Texas still leads at 11.2% across 45 states
Seasonal peak: 2014-03 11.5%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #394 volume; #2,707 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,313 places worse than volume

How does Media Collections, Inc compare to its peers?

How does Media 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

Media Collections, Inc National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

120

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

98%

96%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-01 2018-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	125
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	52
False statements or representation	42
Written notification about debt	28
Communication tactics	27
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	13
Disclosure verification of debt	12
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Media Collections, Inc come from?

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

Texas

34
Pennsylvania

31
California

26
Florida

25
Maryland

17
New York

16
Illinois

15
Virginia

14

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Media 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: 303.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 97.88732394366197%.

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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