3.5mm headphone jack snapped off inside headphone port.

Hi guys,
Last night the 3.5mm jack on the end of my headphones snapped off inside the macbook's headphone socket. Its about 4mm inside the port, and so is on the other side of the first set of copper 'bumps' (i think they are copper, they look it)... anyway, is there any way i can get this out without having to take it into a shop and pay for a repair (warrenty expired last september)?
Any help hugely appreciated!!
Thanks,
Luke

For those of you out there with this problem, here is my story and solution.
I bought my daughter a brandnew Macbook six months ago. Then about one month ago, her friend tripped over an audio lead from her Macbook and the jack snapped off inside her MacBook audio socket.
The Macbook was under warranty, so she took it to the local Apple repair agent. They told her that because it was her fault, this problem was not covered by the warranty. So she paid the usual horrendous service charge for them to evaluate and find a solution. Two weeks later, the Apple Agent called to say that they could not get the jack out, and because it was built-in to the logic board, the only solution was to replace the logic board at a cost exceeding the cost of the new MacBook. Horrified, my daughter went back to the Mac shop, paid the service charge, and decided to live without the audio. As a parting gesture, the Mac agent also kindly reminded my daughter that the rest of the six month warranty was now totally invalidated because it was her fault (even though Apple were the only ones ever to have serviced the computer).
So she took her Macbook home and gave it to her engineering student friend to have a look at. Using a pair of pins, he managed to work the broken piece out within about 10 minutes, and the MacBook audio jack now works fine. Sound is totally restored. Why the Apple repair agent could not have tried a little harder I don't know. But these guys sure know how to make money and fleece the innocents!

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