Mogul's function key rarely responds!

[u8myfoood]

After having my Mogul since November 07', the function key (blue dot) on the side out keypad is not longer responding like it should.

It only responds when you apply large amounts of force onto the key, otherwise if you wanted to type a bunch of question marks, or any other such character, it'd come out as ee?eeee?


What should I do, I know it's a hardware problem, and i have called Sprint. I have never had to deal with sprint before, for RMA purposes, only other carrier. The tech support said that it would cost $55 dollars to RMA the phone, because I don't have insurance, and if I were to go to UT StarComm for repairs, it would take from 2-3 weeks to return my phone, which I use everyday.

Any suggestions? Please help, it is really annoying not being able to type without any of the function button necessary character!
Thanks in advance...