IPod Touch 3rd Generation Home Button stuck

Okay, I'm sure this question has been asked four hundred thousand times before, I have a 3rd gen ipod touch 32 gb model and I use it on a daily basis. I've dropped the thing so many times and the only damage is a few scratches (surprised the screen hasn't broke to be honest, but it hasn't!). So anyways, the home button doesn't work anymore. Normally when you press the button you would hear a nice satisfactory click. Well, recently it wouldn't work quite right but you could still persuade the home button to work. Now though, you can't press it at all. You can get the button to respond if you apply enough force to it,but that warps the screen itself and no one's got time for that. Taking it to a repair shop isn't really an option ($249 to repair it? might as well buy a new one!). So if there is any potential fix, please let me know. Note that I have heard of these tricks already:
- putting a drop of rubbing alcohol on the home button and letting it into the button by pressing the home button with a pencil eraser. I won't do this because I don't see putting any liquid on an electronic.
- blowing into the charging port will somehow make the button pop back up. what a load that is.
- placing the ipod facedown in a bowl of rice. Seems just as stupid a trick as pouring rubbing alcohol on it.
- and rapidly pressing the power button and the home button until the screen flashes white (which I thought meant you took a screen cap by pressing those buttons simultaneously) either way, this solution didn't work.
If anyone has a good method to try and can back it up with proof that said method works (not just 'trust me, it works') that'd be greatly appreciated. I really don't want to have to buy a new iOS device as I haven't been impressed with the last few years of updates.

Try (I do not know if looked here)
fix for Home button
iPhone Home Button Not Working or Unresponsive? Try This Fix
- If you have iOS 5 and later you can turn on Assistive Touch it add the Home and other buttons to the iPods screen. Settings>General>Accessibility>Assistive Touch
- If not under warranty Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for:
Apple - Support - iPod - Repair pricing
That ays the USA exchange price for a 32 GB 3G is $149
You can do it an an Apple store by:
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or sent it in to Apple. See:
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- There are third-party places like the following that will repair the Home button. Google for more.
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