Does answering make them angry and increase the amount?
No. The amount is set by the complaint, and increasing it requires amending. What answering does is make your file more expensive than the thousands of others they filed that month, which is the point.
For Defendants
Sued by a debt collector?
Check your deadline and get your court answer prepared before it runs out.
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