Wireless/Bluetooth Keyboard - last battery stuck inside

I now have 3 of these keyboards ... the
small wireless bluetooth keyboards that
unscrew on the end and take 3 AA batteries
... and now two of them have the last
battery stuck in the end of the unit,
either stuck, frozen, rusted, corroded and
there seems to be absolutely no way to
convince the little bugger to exit.
I even went so far as to squirt WD-40
inside around the stuck battery, let it
soak in and try to decellerate it out the
opening by slamming it against a doubled
over mousepad. No luck.
Since I have a 66% failure rate on these
things, I would guess that some other
people might be having this problem as
well and may even have thought up a
solution to it. Anyone ???

I JUST got my batter out! Wd-40 did the trick for me. I had to spray it a few times--the last one being quite heavy, as I figured it was my last shot before giving up and just tossing it. Lo and behold, with just about 10 hard bangs, I noticed it started getting closer to the opening (very slight). Before long, it was totally out. Now, I'm using a hair dryer to dry it out. Looks like the bottom came loose a little--will reply if the keyboard still works! Debating whether or not to try new batteries so soon or let it sit for a few days. The anticipation will probably kill me...

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