I've bumped into the five (5) device limit for iTunes... and have to wait until Nov. 2012 for the the Apple "dispensation" to reauthorize all 5 at once! Any ideas?

I am an enthusiastic convert from IBM PC compatibles to Apple OS! But, I'm bumping up against the problem of not being able to deauthorize devices which have been given away, and thus I'm not able to deauthorize my iTunes account on those devices. I'm aware that one can deauthorise ALL once a year, but in my case I did that on November 4, 2011. So, am I "stuck" until that year is up?
My most recent problem is the 27" iMac that was one of the authorized computers has a hard drive that has failed, and I'm not able to access anything with it! In fact, it's in an authorized Apple repair center to have the hard drive WIPED before shipping it to Apple for TLC!
Any suggestions? I can provide proof in the form of Apple emails that the hard drive has failed, and the 27" iMac has been replaced by another.....

You need to send an email from this link
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
Apple may deauthorise them as an exception for you (they have for me in the past)

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