MacBook Pro - Broken Superdrive

Hi all,
The superdrive on my MacBook Pro (15", Early 2008) is broken, discs don't spin properly, I think because I always pick it up with one hand at the corner and I've bent the whole thing. Silly me.
Anyway, seeing as I'm out of warrantly now, I was wondering if anyone has had the same thing happen and had it repaired - and how much it cost.
Cheers,
Anthony

Sounds more like a hardware issue to me.

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