Quote Originally Posted by Trek420 View Post
You should be able to link a second email to your Appleid and you use that one. Just do not create a new Appleid. The only issue with the old one would be if you change your password or need to reset it. Since you can't have Apple send you an email you'd just use security questions.

I hope you set those up and or remember who you considered your favorite teacher at that time

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203983
I knew all my security questions, I could answer every question they threw at me, but without the original receipt from the macbook I bought back in '07 or '08 (where I created my original apple account), they won't change my account so I can get into it. Told them I was going to move to another brand and all they could offer me was "if you buy a new iphone and simply say you do not have an account, you can set up a new one using a different email". I asked them if they'd give me a credit for the current, barely two year old iphone and they replied "well we can't wipe it without your ID/password, so no".

So, I'm done.