Dell Inspiron 8100 LCD Hinge

Ok, well heres the rub;

Last night i went to open my laptop's LCD screen and i do not think i used any more force than what i usually use in opening it, and the LCD Hinge Broke... just the right LCD hinge, and well although i do admit the LCD Screen has been loose for quite some time, it just broke last night.

i got online with Dell support and they told me i would have to pay for a new one, and that it would be plastic.. excuse me, but the one that just broke is metal, and you want to send me a plastic one... what crazieness is this? it will break 4x faster..

my parents have used this laptop for the past 4 years and they recently got two new ones, so i got their old one. so they used it quite a bit before me... but has anyone else experianced this problem?

 

its 4 years old, and out of warranty, what do you expect?, they have been using abs plastic in their laptops for quite awhile now it should be fine, my e1505 is all plastic, and its been pretty solid for me so far you can try going here if you dont want to go through dell
http://www.impactcomputers.com/dellparts-dell-laptops-dell-inspiron-8100-parts-display-hardware.html