OT: Frogdreaming,
First of all, I have no trouble categorizing him. He's a double-dealing lousy neighbor from whom if he owned his house and I rented mine, I'd move.
If you think his reasoning is forthright, I'll recommend you to my soon-to-be-ex landlord.
Mixing positive and negative speculation in the same posts requires an "art" which, depending on where the poster stands at the time, determines the weight of each one.
With respect to so-called "actual" questions, they are designed to plant doubt, elicit speculative answers which never will satisfy the questioner who then, instead of contacting the company for a definitive answer, keeps hammering away.
Whether or not a poster on a message board is deceitful, there are several ways to vote.
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