I need advice on retrieving an expired domain name.?

So I guess I forgot to update my email on my dns account so I didn’t get the notice that my domain was expiring. I called the company and they said that I either have to wait a month to re-get the domain and risk loosing it or I can do a domain retrieve and they can get it back for $80. I would like to save the $80, does anybody know of a better way?
I don’t mean to sound cheap, but $80 is a lot to me right now.
I tried looking at other registrars and they all say it is already taken…now what?

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