My understanding is that it'd be nearly impossible to have enough capacitance to protect from a spectacular tube failure. It's one of the joys of tube amps
1) You certify on the customs form that you're telling the truth
2) You could tell paypal that you never received the item, and paypal would refund your money
3) Some people don't like lying.
That would be because it is fraud...just not credit card fraud. It's defrauding the government out of the taxes you support and enjoy the benefit of. If you like your form of government, you should gladly pay the taxes.
I think he's full of it because the story changed. He said it was sad a coworker listened to music while he did other things. Something in that is sad, but it's not the coworker who likes music...
It's not sad to listen to music while doing other things. What's sad is only having music in your life when you have time for music exclusively. Music IS life. You don't need to concentrate on music all the time.