What is the most common complaint against Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. is "Communication tactics", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 179 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. has a reputation grade of F (score: 48.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. has a 85% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 27% of cases.

In how many states does Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. operate?

Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 20 states, with the most complaints from Arizona (130 complaints).

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

Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 20 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Communication tactics

57
Attempts to collect debt not owed

40
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

18
False statements or representation

16
Written notification about debt

14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

11

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record thunderbird-collection-specialists-inc Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc.

Grade F · 179 CFPB filings · 85% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics · vol #597 · compose #4243

VOL 179
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 20
TIMELY 85%
DISPUTE 27%
ISSUE Communication tactics
RANK #597
COMPOSE #4,243

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: APEX Asset Management, LLC (179 complaints)

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

Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc.'s 179 CFPB complaints sit next to APEX Asset Management, LLC 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

72.6% of Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Arizona

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. is volume #597 but composite #4,243, while Arizona dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Arizona 72.6%; 130 of 179 filings · 20 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2026-01 13.5%; 8–15% band · 26 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #597 volume; #4,243 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,646 places worse than volume

How does Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Thunderbird Collection Specialists, 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

Thunderbird Collection… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

85%

99%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

27%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Communication tactics	57
Attempts to collect debt not owed	40
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	18
False statements or representation	16
Written notification about debt	14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	11
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	9
Improper contact or sharing of info	8
Disclosure verification of debt	6

Where do complaints against Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc. come from?

Thunderbird Collection Specialists, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arizona

130
California

19
Montana

4
North Carolina

3
Texas

3
Georgia

2
Illinois

2
Missouri

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Thunderbird Collection Specialists, 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: 179.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 85.47486033519553%.

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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