My iPhone 3gs has completely stopped turning on.

I actually have a couple questions:
1: My iPhone has stopped turning on. I have tried dfu mode, but nothing shows up. literally nothing I try makes it turn on. And I mean, it fully does'nt turn on. No backlight at all, and iTunes doesn't recognize it.. Any solutions? I'm quite sure that I'm past my apple 1 year warranty so.. what do I do?
2: I bought my iPhone from my friend a few months ago. If I am forced to go into the appstore, will they even let me pay for it being fixed? I can just imagine walking in there and them saying "Well sir, this iPhone doesn't appear to belong to you in our records." Also, if they did let me pay them to repair it, does someone know how much $$ it would cost?
BTW: I'm not dissing apple in any way, actually, their how I get my paycheck everymonth (I make apps).
Thanks in advance, Will Allstead

Unfortunately I don't have an answer to your first query. If you take the phone into an Apple Store and it's not catastrophically damaged or has non OEM parts in it, they will repair or replace it for a cost.
The replacement cost for an out of warranty phone is $199 + tax.

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