Took my Levinson amp in for repair

the deal called today stating they pretty much blew it up

I'm guessing they said something more like "It's not worth fixing", right?
IOW they aren't admitting they blew it up, and they would say it was blown up when you dropped it off??
Because if they told me they blew up my amp I wouldn't be on an Internet forum asking, I'd be in their shop asking them what they're going to do for me.

01-17-13: Abruce
I guess they turned it upside down and noticed the caps or a cap was leaking so they turned it upright and pluged it in turned it on and it started smoking

If I were to play devil's advocate (or dealer's lawyer) I guess I would say "We turned it on and it started smoking." Which in actuality is pretty much what happened.