I got lucky, and had a text file with my password in it on a USB stick from 2004.
Otherwise I wouldn't have never been able to retrieve my Classic account.
"Sorry we only help members who are currently Gold *money gesture*"
"But I'm asking for my password- since your email portion of the forgotten password is broken."
"*money gesture*"
"How could I even make the account gold, if I don't know the password?"
"*money gesture*"