Itunes won't recognize my balance from a purchased gift card so I cannot buy any new songs

itunes won't recognize my balance from a gift card & won't let me purchase anything from the itunes store. How do I fix this?

I have a similar issue.  CD's I purchased were downloaded to ITunes years ago and used on my 1G and 2G Ipods and 3gs Iphone.  They are still on my ITunes but won't sync to my I phone 5.  curious if this is a licensing issue or flaw in the system.  Would love to hear my old CD purchased music without having to buy new digital music. Any insight to this situation would be great.

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