Ren, when you say, "Seemingly trustworthy long-term posters (level headed folks that never came off as manipulators anyway) are calling the company and reporting conflicting stories," what kind of conflicting stories, stories about what?
You should know that this is the first pinky I ever invested (?)in. I've bought one since and sold it almost immediately at a 50% loss. I've been in pebbles for two years. The point is, I'm not used to calling the office and talking to top level execs at, say, Exide, not that they wouldn't take my call. :-}