Broken Iphone 3g Headphone Jack

Recently my headphone jack no longer works properly. When ever I put in headphones it sounds as though the connections aren't being properly made. Also the silver lining at the top of the jack has gone away. This happened through no fault of my own and has not even been a month since the warranty ended. This is my second iPhone due to accidental damage to the first. Is there anything I can do because it is completely ridiculous to pay 200$ to have it repaired when the warranty has only JUST ended, and it's not even a main/expensive component.
I've read some other post stating to use a pin to move the contacts inward, has anyone tried and had success doing this? Thanks in advanced.

Moving pins in the jack worked on my laptop.
But it was done at the store with tech using non conductive tool.
I was quite surprised it worked. I didn't have any crisis moment of tripping to cause the issue.
Right out of the box, the jack was bad. Headset plug would not insert all the way.
I'm not sure if some male jack ends are slightly different, but it seems to me that's when it happened between 2 headsets.

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