iPhone 5 line sitters: Give us $40-$150 a day

Those are the market rates charged by people willing to wait in an iPhone 5 line for anyone who pays them. If you really want the phone and you really don't want to wait, these people will do the heavy lifting.

Some of the people camping out in line for the iPhone 5 at Apple's flagship Manhattan store try to grab some shut-eye. They could have paid someone as little as $70 a night to do this for them.

Apple isn't the only one making money on the iPhone 5.

Not only are marketers trying to piggyback on the media interest that the iPhone 5 is generating but some people are advertising their services as surrogate line sitters as well.

They offer to pinch-hit for people who really want the phone but who really don't want to wait in line.

The iPhone appears to be once again the hot item to own. On Friday at 8 a.m., Apple Stores are scheduled to begin offering the iPhone 5 to the public all across the country. Some are speculating that the lines for the latest generation of Apple's iconic cell phone will be longer than they've ever been. Meanwhile, some people see an opportunity to make a little money off the public's interest in the device.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/