Selling Broken Iphone 3g

Hello
I have a broken iphone 3gs. (I get the please restore message but I get a error code when I try on itunes.)
Apple care people are telling me, it is dead (I also tried all sorts of steps I found on internet).
I want to ebay it but I am bit worried about the personal information on the phone.
Any thoughts?
Thank you

Have you tried http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

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