Apple ID impossible to verify- - no way of verifying my identity to unlock account
My account has been locked and the only two options to verify my identity is to click on a link sent to an email or to answer security questions. The problem with both of these is that a) the monkeys designing the verification system have decided to allow the verification email to be that of the account that is locked, so it is absolutely impossible as the email cannot be accessed due to it being the same email as the apple id - how this is even possible is beyond me, they must be so incredibly incompetent to not have a check in place that stops the verification email address from being the same email as the account but of course basic logic does not apply to apple. b) when i set up my icloud account as a dumb teenager i must have accidentally put in the wrong date of birth so the date that it should be doesn't work for the security questions, and as much as i would like to go through every single date to try and unlock the **** thing that would take me a lifetime
I contacted apple support but there only answer was to either magically guess the incorrect date of birth or to create an entirely new icloud account which of course is not an option as i would loose all the purchases, photos, notes etc. on the account
so as of right now there is literally no way for me to unlock my account, would it be possible to go to an apple store with my passport or something so that they could verify that i am the owner of the account or would this be a waste of time?
Also is there anyway way of escalating this so that it reaches the attention of someone who is a part of development so that they can fix the gigantic oversight in the verification system thank you.
iPhone 8