Headphone jack BROKEN

Hey all,
I have one question, one major problem,
i Have a 5th generation video Ipod (late 2006), with a broken headphone jack. its broken because only my music comes out of the left headphone/speaker. i know its not my headphones because i have pluged it to my come speakers, and various headphones that all work. i can get sound to come out of the right head phone speak some times if i push and hold back the headphones jack while its plugged in. other than that i can't get any sound out at all. If someone could point me in the direction to contact Apple directly or could offer up solutions or any help that would be great.
Thank you

well i figured there would be some kina charge, however....
unfortuenly idk bout the warrenty i looked it up, and it was non-sense to me. i beilieve it ment something like i have 8 months on it or something, ill look it up again. i just hope it is, cause im guessing if it isnt, i'll have to tell my parents...(dun dun dun....) ok ill try to remeber to call em tomarrow lol. idk i like this kina answer, (have a thought bout corp. that they dont really care bout you, just the money.) by the way where you find that number? and WHY CANT APPLE BEE EASIER TO CONTACT VIA EMAIL or something?
thanz philly for helping.
if something comes up, ill probly ask you since it looks like you know what your talking bout.

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