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Replying to an arbitrator

The case is filed and the facts are fixed. The only thing still moving is how you answer questions, and that is worth more than people think.

Two things you still control

  1. How fast you answer. Response time is visible and it is read as a proxy for having nothing to hide.
  2. How narrow you answer. Answering exactly what was asked, and nothing beside it, keeps the case on the ground you chose when you filed.

The failure mode

Somebody asks a narrow factual question and gets a paragraph that re-argues the whole case. Every one of those paragraphs is a chance to introduce a detail that contradicts something earlier, and a contradiction in a small detail damages a strong case out of all proportion to its size.

Weak versionexample written for this site
Quoting: the version most people send

Yes it was the sixteenth. And honestly I still think the whole thing was deliberate given how they went quiet the second I mentioned it, and looking at their other feedback I am clearly not the first person this has happened to.

Strong versionexample written for this site
Quoting: the version that works better

Yes, the sixteenth.

One question, one answer. The weak version answers correctly and then adds a theory about intent, an inference about silence and a claim about other buyers, none of which were asked for and all of which can now be examined and disagreed with.

What to do when asked something you cannot answer

Say so plainly and move on. I do not know is a complete answer and it costs nothing. Guessing to appear cooperative is how people put a wrong date into a case that had the right ones in it.

It cuts both ways

Silence is weighed against whoever produced it, and that includes you. Going quiet mid dispute because you are annoyed or busy is easier to do by accident than most people expect, and it costs real ground.

Why speed is treated as evidence

It is not evidence and it is read like it. Somebody working through a queue notices who answers within the day and who takes four, and the impression forms before anybody has weighed a single fact. That is not fair, it is just what happens when a person has to rule on twenty things a week, and it is free to use in your favour.

The contradiction risk

Every extra paragraph is another chance to state a date slightly differently from how you stated it in the filing. A small inconsistency damages a strong case out of all proportion, because it is the one thing in a long document that is easy to check. Answering narrowly is not evasive, it is how you avoid contradicting yourself about something that did not matter.

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