Stuck sleep/wake button

Hi everyone. I have an iPod for almost 6 months and in its second month I cracked its screen. But it was a really small crack, it didn't even bother me in. It was only there on the right bottom side and I was happy with it.
Last week when I was changing the song suddenly the sleep/wake button was stuck.
I knew they would change it for free because of the warranty. But they say since the screen is cracked, ipod is out of warranty and I have to pay 150$ for replacement of the sleep/wake button+the screen. It is ridicilous.
I really need help.
I can't

I dropped my phone and the button became stuck as well. The phone would begin to go into reboot mode as soon as it went to "sleep". I went to the Apple Store and they explained that it would cost the usual $250.00 to fix.
SHORT TERM FIX: In my case, I turned off the auto-lock option and left the screen on all the time. My phone only went into reboot mode when it went to sleep. This kills the battery life (and I carry the charger with me 24/7) but the phone still works. This is a short term solution. With 3G iPhones coming out soon (hopefully next 2 or three months) I did not want to spend $250.00 on repair. New Apple products are hard to predict so I probably wrong but I did not want to spend that much when I could get a new (and probably much better) phone down the line.

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