Pricey? come on now, my sanity is worth every dime. I have two retired tools for this purpose, one a 30+ old snap on driver and the other a factory hazet tool. Sure, you can do it with needle nose pliers, punches, or God knows what else, but you'll gouge the ever-lovin crap out of the dash, and chew the retainer up making it hard to reinstall it to boot. I'd say, suck it up, spend the 23 bucks.....what's YOUR time worth? that is the question.
sorry...cheap tools and me just don't get along well...... :lol: