Latch button stuck, Apple says it isn't covered

The lid on my 6 month old MBP will not latch any more. The little hooks come down, but the button seems to be stuck in the "in" position, so the latch doesn't grab them. It worked fine when it was new. The nearest Apple Store is over 400 miles away. I called Apple yesterday hoping to send it in for repair, and the telephone person said it would cost me about $250 to have it fixed, because the warranty/Apple Care doesn't cover damage or abuse. I have not damaged or abused my computer; the latch just doesn't work. Any ideas?
John.
15 inch MBP Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I had the same problem, and spent a night with my father using everything - compressed air, jiggling the button, a plastic toothpick, etc. We even attempted to take the cover off (my MBP is two years old, so I wasn't concerned about a warranty and my father is very good with computers that way), but I became faint-hearted and had him screw it back on.
A few days later, after having resigned myself to either attempting to open it up again or taking it into BestBuy, I was sitting under a very well lit table and noticed a piece of something lodged in the latch slots. After fishing around with a toothpick, it popped free and now works fine.
I would encourage anyone with this problem to avoid paying for a repair until they are certain it's not simply caused by dirt or debris, because I would have been upset to spend £100 on something I could do myself.
When you are looking into the holes, you should see the edges of what the hooks grab onto, the silvery bit of metal these 'edges' are attached to (if you press on the button hard, even while jammed, they will move a bit). Then you should see just below those, the black slots that those silvery bits would normally be covering when they are not pushed back. That was where dirt was lodged in mine. Blow some compressed air in there, aiming towards one side only. Shine a bright light and see if you can see the obstruction, and that is where you want to fish around with a plastic toothpick. I wouldn't mess around with the silver 'edges' down there or anything else.
Hope that may help - it took me a few days for the dirt to 'surface', but I'm really glad I didn't rush it into the repair shop right away like I was going to.

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