>> 'The device can find guns, ammunition, drugs, truffles, human bodies and
>> even contraband ivory at distances up to a kilometer, underground,
>> through walls, underwater or even from airplanes three miles high. The

>>
>> Hah. Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
> 
> One has to but marvel at the gutsiness of the scammers, not just at the
> claims, but at the price tag of $15,000 to $60,000. But maybe that's the
> trick, the more outlandish the claims and the higher the price, the easier
> it's to reel in the suckers.

Indeed. Price it high enough and people will believe that it *must* 
work, otherwise they wouldn't be able to sell it for that price.

It's a bit like the way MS sells Office for several hundred pounds, 
convincing people that "it must be good if it's that expensive. Nobody 
would buy it otherwise."

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