Apple Where to sell iCloud locked iPhone

[McWhiters9511]

I have an iCloud locked iPhone 7 and idk the login for it anymore. It's obviously not very usable so I'm curious is anyone knows where i can sell it as a single piece or for parts or something. I'm really open to anything atm.

 

[Deleted member 381889]

ebay

 

[BvanBart]

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This sounds more like you found a iPhone.
If it is yours you can call Apple free and they can unlock it.

 

[element6]

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This sounds more like you found a iPhone.
If it is yours you can call Apple free and they can unlock it.

This is true.. but not always as easy as it sounds.

I had an issue where I sold my old iPhone 5S to some total PITA buyer on eBay 2 years ago. He opened a paypal dispute without contacting me after having the phone for two weeks and said the speaker wasn't working. Paypal sided with the buyer (as always) in his right to return it with no further inquiry. He mailed it back to me and I notice that he had opened the phone up (screws were stripped out and the LCD was not flush with the aluminum case.) Now, here's a phone that I never had to have anything replaced on, never opened up myself, and never had any issues with, returned back to me in molested condition by this guy taking advantage of buyer protection.

Now I have to get PayPal involved myself, get the phone repaired by a local shop, and on top of this; he left his Apple ID logged in to the phone, pass code enabled and all. So now I have a brick, with physical damage.

I take the iCloud lockout case to Apple after I get a refund from Paypal for the cost of the repairs, showing them the damage, and getting an official statement of work from a local repair shop. Apple wants a full explanation why this person was logged into the iPhone, asks me to work with them and request a logout or something and if I can't get this to happen, then they will help. I ask the person who ruined and returned the phone to logout several times. No response after 2 weeks. Now I report back to Apple with more documentation that they requested. Including pages of Paypal transaction info, ebay transaction info, Paypal case resolution documentation, etc. Clearly, Apple can see that the phone was registered to me for 2 years and to this guy for 10 days.. but that doesn't stop them from being a huge pain.

So, after escalating my case or transferring my support case to 3 different people over 2-3 weeks, Apple FINALLY reset the phone for me. Even in the best case scenario, I can't see an iCloud lockout being resolved in less than a week. You absolutely can not walk into an Apple Store and just have them do it.

 

[Zhongtiao1]

This is true.. but not always as easy as it sounds.

I had an issue where I sold my old iPhone 5S to some total PITA buyer on eBay 2 years ago. He opened a paypal dispute without contacting me after having the phone for two weeks and said the speaker wasn't working. Paypal sided with the buyer (as always) in his right to return it with no further inquiry. He mailed it back to me and I notice that he had opened the phone up (screws were stripped out and the LCD was not flush with the aluminum case.) Now, here's a phone that I never had to have anything replaced on, never opened up myself, and never had any issues with, returned back to me in molested condition by this guy taking advantage of buyer protection.

Now I have to get PayPal involved myself, get the phone repaired by a local shop, and on top of this; he left his Apple ID logged in to the phone, pass code enabled and all. So now I have a brick, with physical damage.

I take the iCloud lockout case to Apple after I get a refund from Paypal for the cost of the repairs, showing them the damage, and getting an official statement of work from a local repair shop. Apple wants a full explanation why this person was logged into the iPhone, asks me to work with them and request a logout or something and if I can't get this to happen, then they will help. I ask the person who ruined and returned the phone to logout several times. No response after 2 weeks. Now I report back to Apple with more documentation that they requested. Including pages of Paypal transaction info, ebay transaction info, Paypal case resolution documentation, etc. Clearly, Apple can see that the phone was registered to me for 2 years and to this guy for 10 days.. but that doesn't stop them from being a huge pain.

So, after escalating my case or transferring my support case to 3 different people over 2-3 weeks, Apple FINALLY reset the phone for me. Even in the best case scenario, I can't see an iCloud lockout being resolved in less than a week. You absolutely can not walk into an Apple Store and just have them do it.

Exactly why he should get it unlocked first, then sell it.

 

[element6]

True. I guess it depends how much hair he has to pull out while dealing with Apple.

I forgot to mention in my original post back there, but in addition to all the documentation I showed them; I even went as far as to send them a full scan of the original purchase receipt (with the serial number listed on it) from the Verizon store I bought it at, with my name and account number on it. They still wasted my time for over 2 weeks and kept telling me that they weren't so sure of the legitimacy of my claim and kept asking for more supporting evidence or bumping the case to someone else who would then start the process ALL over again. I must have submitted 30 pages of evidence to them, 5 times.

My point is, I'm pretty sure if I had bought the phone second hand and didn't have a receipt showing the serial number on it among other information, they would have rejected my reset request. All you can do is give it a shot, OP. If it's your Apple ID in the first place, then you won't have nearly as hard a time identifying yourself and any details about said account. Good luck

 

[BvanBart]

Lets not forget that Apple need proof that this is incase YOUR iPhone...
And when the wrong iPhone is being unlocked in the wrong hands that it can have catastrophic results in the end.

I used to work at Apple. And got these cases a lot. Just by seeing the people you can make a fair guess who is telling the truth and who is not. However sometimes people just want to dupe the system...
As for this case, it sounds really sketchy... AppleID = email... Email can be restored. So I do not see the point what is giving the problems.

 

[McWhiters9511]

Yea I'm just gonna sell it on eBay for parts. This brick isn't worth the hassle.

 

[DarkFlare69]

Yea I'm just gonna sell it on eBay for parts. This brick isn't worth the hassle.

If you don't mind me asking, whete did you get the iPhone from?

 

[RyDog]

If you don't mind me asking, whete did you get the iPhone from?

If you don't mind me asking, whete did you get the iPhone from?

 

[DarkFlare69]

If you don't mind me asking, whete did you get the iPhone from?

If you don't mind me asking, What with this?

 

[RyDog]

If you don't mind me asking, What with this?

 

[DarkFlare69]

 

[RyDog]

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What with pendrives?

 

[DarkFlare69]

What with pendrives?

I thought you needed to know whether or not USB Pendrives exist.

 

[RyDog]

I thought you needed to know whether or not USB Pendrives exist.

ok ty

 

[McWhiters9511]

jesus christ lol