Nikon 70-300 Damaged Focus Ring -Suggestions?

Hey everyone, I've had a Nikon 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 lens for several months and about two months ago, I dropped it accidentally on a hard floor. I assume this is what caused my problem, but a few weeks later, I pulled it out to shoot a concert, and it wouldn't focus. Now, I can only use manual focus on it, but even that would not work at all. The focus ring spins fine, but the closest I come to focused still looks very cloudy. I don't have much access to camera stores in the area so my question is if anybody has any ideas to repair it/price or whether or not it would just be worth it to buy a new one since it's a rather inexpensive lens. Thanks.

Yes I do. Buy a new one. To repair it it would cost between $250-300.00 That lens is not worth that much.

This is the pre-VR variety you're talking about, right? If so, then leave it and consider buying the newer VR-II lens. It's much sharper with a much finer IQ.

Use it as a paper weight...

You can get a used 70-300mm VR on Ebay for around $300.