( CNN ) -- Want to get an iPhone 5 on Friday ? You 'll probably need to wait in line . Or pay someone to do it for you . Hipster-looking shoppers already have plopped down in folding chairs outside Apple 's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York . And in San Francisco , a man working through a micro-tasking company ( more on what that means in a second ) has been diligently waiting in line , for a price , since Monday . `` You 're going to wait here until Friday ? God watch over you , '' a stranger told that person , who was using a service called TaskRabbit , according to his Twitter feed . Massive demand awaits Friday 's iPhone 5 sale . TaskRabbit nabbed the first-in-line spot to try to promote its online service that allows people to pay someone else to do a menial task for them . In this case , according to CNET , you can find people online who for about $ 40 to $ 150 will stand in line to purchase the iPhone 5 on your behalf . That sort of idea is n't all that new , and line-standers also are offering their services on craigslist . `` If you are looking to buy the iPhone 5 when it is released , but not looking to stand in the line . I 'll do it for you ! '' wrote one person in Los Angeles . `` I 'll get in line at 6 a.m. for 40 bucks . Camp overnight for 70 , '' wrote another stander , this one from the San Francisco Bay Area . Other people are posting craigslist ads asking others to stand in line for them . One such ad , in Los Angeles , says the patron will offer the stander `` a reasonable amount '' ... `` and on top of that , I 'll even buy you breakfast . '' CNN iReport : Lining up for an iPhone 5 ? For those who do n't want to spend even more than the hefty price tag for the iPhone , but do want to pick up a phone on Friday , perhaps the line is the way to go . Unless you hopped online within the first hour or so last Friday , pre-ordered iPhones are n't expected to arrive for weeks . But plan to get up early on Friday morning . While opening-day iPhone lines vary by location -- what passes as early enough at a Radio Shack in Nevada may not work for an Apple store in New York -- analysts generally say advance consumer demand for the iPhone 5 is outpacing previous models . Early reviews of the phone have been positive . Apple recently announced it had received 2 million pre-orders for the new phone , which is taller , faster , lighter and slimmer than the previous model , the iPhone 4S . That 's about double what the company experienced for the previous iPhone , Apple said . That could foreshadow long lines . Or it could mean more consumers are skipping the line-waiting game and , instead , have chosen to order the phone online . iPhone 5 pre-order shipping dates pushed back . The line waits are part exercise in extreme consumerism , part homage to Apple . Last year some of the line-standers made pilgrimages to Apple stores in part out of a sense of tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs , who died a week before the phone went on sale . Fans set up mini-memorials in his honor at some Apple stores . To get a sense of what the most dedicated Apple fans are willing to go through , check out this chart from The Atlantic , which shows the longest Apple gadget waits . iReport : Camping out at Little Rock Apple store . If you 're just in the market for purchasing the new iPhone , not the in-line circus , there are several other stores that plan to carry the iPhone 5 on Friday . They include AT & T , Sprint and Verizon stores , as well as select Best Buy , RadioShack , Target and Walmart locations . Check with stores in your area for details . Still want to brave the Apple store ? Doors open at 8 a.m. local time Friday in the U.S. , Australia , Canada , France , Germany , Hong Kong , Japan , Singapore and the UK . The iPhone 5 will roll out to 22 more countries on September 28 . Apple 's secrets are n't so secret anymore , and that 's O.K .
People will stand in iPhone 5 lines for you , for a price . The going rate on TaskRabbit is $ 40 to $ 150 for a line stander . The iPhone 5 goes on sale at stores in nine countries on Friday .