Six years ago – a bunch of us went on a road trip and somebody bought a iTunes card somewhere between Chicago and St Louis. For reasons unknown, the card was lost – let’s say misplaced – and recently recovered.

We wondered, would this card still work? We’ve been burned so many times with gift cards that died, lost their remaining balance or went mysteriously empty after a few months (phone cards are the worst) – so naturally we were skeptical.

So we fired up iTunes, scratched the back of the card – realizing we probably ruined a vintage item… but hey $25 is $25! With trepidation, we entered the 16 character code and discovered within seconds we were now richer by $25!

So there you have it, a six year old iTunes card still works!

UPDATE. Although we’ve managed to redeem this card, we need to let you know there is one small problem: geography. The test was done while we were in Canada and we couldn’t use our Canadian account to redeem the card. Luckily Blake has a US account so he was able to use it, but remember this the next time you buy an iTunes card while you travel: cards come with a specific territory.

So what did we buy with this card? The Last Great Rockabilly Saturday Night …

We still have a balance of $14.02.