$10 is excessive and unnecessary.

There are two users here at bitcointalk that both have access to F2Pool mining pool and can prioritize your transaction in the pool.

They are:   Quickseller and macbook-air

Contact either (or both of them).  Ask them how much payment you need to send to get your transaction confirmed.  They'll let you know, but it will be a lot less than $10.  They will need you to provide them with the transaction ID. You can send it to them via PM.

If your transaction is not well propagated, they might also need you to send them the raw binary transaction.  The process of obtaining the raw transaction will differ depending on what wallet program you are using.  If you need to obtain the raw transaction for them, send me a PM and I'll return to this thread to walk you through the process.