[moneymaker6660]

CEX, i used to walk in with a load of stuff and they'd hand me the cash for it no questions asked.
We used to lift phones out of girls back pockets in the nightclubs and then this lad would factory reset them and id walk into CEX with a plastic box of about 25 phones and they'd pay me it no bother

That's pretty harsh considering they may of had sentimental pictures like family member's who passed away.

CEX is an option but they wont pay you much compared to selling it on eBay etc.

The game is the game unfortunately. Phones these days have daily cloud backup anyway so I don't think that was a problem.
With eBay, you have to ship the item, pack the item, weigh the item and most of the item wait for funds and get taxed multiple times. It's a lot of hassle imo