HT201441 iTunes is requesting to activate my iphone through an apple ID, which apparently isn't mine, after working perfectly. I hardly found the guy that i bought the device from, and he cold blooded tells me that he no longer uses that ID?!?!?!

Question

I mean do you Apple guys ever thought that this might happen?...that economically we're weak, that people sell their own phones to do something?...ever thought what can happen to us that buy from them?....that they might be irresponsible and just cold blooded tell you that they no longer use their Apple ID and forgot them?...i've asked a lot through mobile shops, they didn't had any accurate solution, until one of them asked for 100 EURO???!!....I MEAN COMMONN!!!
I'm kindly asking from you guys, do something about it, you produce we buy, i'm holding your product on my hands, but i cant use it at all, because u didnt left any option to restore it or something??
I'll be waiting for your response, so thanks in advance for your pormpt reply.
Kind Regards

Answer 1

Thank you Winston.
But as i see, you misunderstood my concern.
No I don’t buy and sell phones, I’m just a regular guy, that bought an iPhone from a guy that I know, which sold his phone for his reasons, which may be economical.
And so on, I kept using this phone, until I’ve decided to upgrade it to iOS7, and when the phone upgraded it’s software to newer version such as iOS7, the phone restarted, and in order to activate the device it requests it’s previous owner’s Apple ID and password, which it seems that he left in iCloud or something similar.
So what I did, I hardly found the guy that I’ve bought the phone from, and I thought I was lucky, I kindly asked him for his Apple ID, so I could activate my iPhone, and he cold blooded said to me that he forgot what kind of apple ID he was using, and even if he knew, I wouldn’t definitely remember the password he said…
And I didn’t knew what to do, so I went to the different Mobile stores to ask for the solution, no one didn’t had a clue od my concern, until one of them replied back to me and said “If you give me 100 EURO’s, I might activate your phone”
So today I’ve directed my issue to Apple Support Community, asking them if they ever imagined that something like this can happen to a regular guy like me, and if they did, I kindly request for the solution, but if they didn’t then how come a brand like Apple didn’t thought about this.
Thanks in advance for anyone’s prompt reply.
Kind Regards