Rage 3d wireless (V1 I think) broken USB Receiver

So my good lady managed to kill the receiver for her Rage3d Wireless set (walking with laptop and managed to hit a doorframe with the receiver). It was working for a while but obviously busted/twisted, then working if it was "held" in a certain position (so had cracked a PCB track/solder pad or something) now completely dead. Had the thing apart to look at possibly just removing the USB plug and soldering a USB wire but the solder pads on the PCB are destroyed from the original damage, no joy there at all (I don't have a PCB rework soldering iron, the track connection point appears to have lost it's tiny metal ring too so nothing to attach solder to).
Is there any way of getting a working receiver? Either buying a replacement or a generic receiver creative sells that works with the headset?
I was looking at the BT-D1 but I doubt this intended as a generic replacement. Does anyone have ANY leads that would help? If there's someone out there with a (mechanically) dead headset but working receiver who might be able to help that would leapt on as a possible solution (and hopefully something creative moderators wouldn't object to?).
This is easy the best headset she's had, for her needs there's nothing else that comes close. It's built like a truck (she isn't the most careful of people) and it's been exceptionally clear for use with the laptop. She'll sit on skype talking to her folks and be busy in the house/kitchen and no issue with it. REALLY need this headset resurrected. We could buy a replacement if absolutely needed but it seems like a massive waste when it's only the receiver we need.
If a mod can poke someone at creative for some kind of solution (even paid... if it's a decent saving over a new set, that's cool too) we'd greatly appreciate it.
Will be buying a mini-pcie (internal laptop card) to USB adapter and burying the receiver in the laptop to avoid a repeat.

Well, I'm not sure there's any random USB receivers that will help.
Support got back to me after raising a ticket. For the USB dongle they want 42 quid shipped.
It's frankly offensive. They'd rather price gouge and sting me for a vastly overpriced replacement part (to a point where I'll basically talk badly about them and probably cost them more profit in the long run) than see a happy customer with functionality restored to a unit they quite liked.
I'll certainly be taking custom elsewhere. I avoided them over the poor win7 drivers and was a little dubious about this purchase but was actually quite impressed. Back to avoiding their products where possible as things sit.
Seems rather senseless.
I'd expect this to be edited/moderated/deleted, I'll get the amazon review explaining my experiences ready.

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