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MY ANSWERS TO THE STANDARD QUESTIONS: 1. Who is the named plaintiff in the suit? PRA 2. What is the name of the law firm handling the suit? (should be listed at the top of the complaint.) listed for Norfolk, VA 3. How much are you being sued for? $1000.00+ 4. Who is the original creditor? (if not the Plaintiff) Synchrony Bank/Amazon (I have copy of agreement with JAMS clause) 5. How do you know you are being sued? (You were served, right?) Court verified 6. How were you served? (Mail, In person, Notice on door) Notice on door on August 21st | Mail rec'd August 22nd. 7. Was the service legal as required by your state? Yes 8. What was your correspondence (if any) with the people suing you before you think you were being sued? No 9. What state and county do you live in? Indiana 10. When is the last time you paid on this account? (looking to establish if you are outside of the statute of limitations) 2.2015 11. What is the SOL on the debt? 6 yrs 12. What is the status of your case? Suit served? Motions filed? You can find this by a) calling the court or looking it up online (many states have this information posted - when you find the online court site, search by case number or your name). Court website has status as SERVED AUGUST 21st. 13. Have you disputed the debt with the credit bureaus (both the original creditor and the collection agency?) No 14. Did you request debt validation before the suit was filed? Note: if you haven't sent a debt validation request, don't bother doing this now - it's too late. No 15. How long do you have to respond to the suit? (This should be in your paperwork). If you don't respond to the lawsuit notice you will lose automatically. In 99% of the cases, they will require you to answer the summons, and each point they are claiming. We need to know what the "charges" are. Please post what they are claiming. Did you receive an interrogatory (questionnaire) regarding the lawsuit? (listed below) I have 20 calendar days to respond. Which means Sunday, September 10th is my 20th day. 16. What evidence did they send with the summons? An affidavit? Statements from the OC? Contract? List anything else they attached as exhibits. Included in the summons packet are the following documents: PAGE #1 Summons - Must answer the complaint in writing to be filed with the court within 20 days from date you received summons. PAGE #2 Affidavit of Debt - Unpaid balance $1000+ on account ending in XXXX. This account was opened 2011. Last payment received 2015. Type of acct: Credit card (Synchrony Bank/Amazon) Plaintiff is not seeking attorney fees PAGE #3 Complaint: Account of NAME, account number ending in XXXX is in default Original creditor is Synchrony Bank Obligation is past due. Amount owed $1000.00+ Plaintiff demands judgement against defendant for the sum plus court costs. PAGE #4 Bill of Sale: September 2016 - There is no identifying info at all on this document. Document indicates forward flow covenants and conditions in purchase agreement - no purchase agreement included. PAGE #5 Summary of Account Activity from Amazon. PAGE #6 & #7 Appearance by Attorney in Civil Case PAGE #8 Certificate of Service

Hello. I posted this in another thread but think I had it in the wrong place so reposting. I filed my general denial yesterday not listing any affirmative defenses, now I’m worried it was a mistake to raise any? I’m also not sure about my next step. Cause of action is Account Stated. I’m a little worried because from reading it is my understanding that I cannot send a demand for a Bill of Particulars because it is account stated and I also cannot compel arbitration because my original account was through Capital One.Thank you! Here is my info. 1. Who is the named plaintiff in the suit? Portfolio Recovery Associates 2. What is the name of the law firm handling the suit? (should be listed at the top of the complaint.) Jordan D Cook 3. How much are you being sued for? $6500 4. Who is the original creditor? (if not the Plaintiff) Capital One 5. How do you know you are being sued? (You were served, right?) served 6. How were you served? (Mail, In person, Notice on door) in person 7. Was the service legal as required by your state? Yes Process Service Requirements by State - Summons Complaint 8. What was your correspondence (if any) with the people suing you before you think you were being sued? None. Phone calls in which I didn’t answer. 9. What state and county do you live in? California, Los Angeles 10. When is the last time you paid on this account? (looking to establish if you are outside of the statute of limitations) August 2017 11. When did you open the account (looking to establish what card agreement may be applicable)? November 2014 12. What is the SOL on the debt? To find out: 4 years Statute of Limitations on Debts 13. What is the status of your case? Suit served? Motions filed? You can find this by a) calling the court or looking it up online (many states have this information posted - when you find the online court site, search by case number or your name). I filed a general denial. Just checked box, not sure if I should have listed any affirmative defenses. 14. Have you disputed the debt with the credit bureaus (both the original creditor and the collection agency?) no 15. Did you request debt validation before the suit was filed? Note: if you haven't sent a debt validation request before being sued, it likely won't help create FDCPA violations, but disputing after being sued could be useful to show the court that you dispute the debt ('account stated' vs. 'breach of contract'). No 16. How long do you have to respond to the suit? (This should be in your paperwork). If you don't respond to the lawsuit notice you will lose automatically. In 99% of the cases, they will require you to answer the summons, and each point they are claiming. We need to know what the "charges" are. Please post what they are claiming. Did you receive an interrogatory (questionnaire) regarding the lawsuit? Already answered. Have not yet received any discovery. Here is an example of what the summons/complaint may look like: Sued by a Debt Collector - Learn How to Fight Debt Lawsuits 17. What evidence did they send with the summons? An affidavit? Statements from the OC? Contract? List anything else they attached as exhibits. 2 statements one of which is final, last page which has “your account has been charged off it is now being serviced by the recoveries dept.” 18. How did you find out about this site? Search