Smart kid sells place in the iPhone X line on Instagram

If you're going to line up for the iPhone X, why not make some money out of it?

Sydney kid Lee Cselko took advantage of the highly awaited smartphone's expectedly long launch queues to save two spots in the line for Friday's release date, reports Daily Mail.

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Posting on Instagram, Cselko was selling the place next to him in the queue, spot number 25.

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"Selling this spot in line for the iPhone X," he wrote on a whiteboard, and posted to Instagram — with his phone number, a rather risky thing to post to the internet.

According to the Daily Mail, Cselko landed $500 for the spot, not bad for bringing an extra chair.

Mashable's Johnny Lieu was on the ground at the iPhone X Australian launch, at Sydney's Apple store. Join the fun here, and hang with us as we cover the launches live around the world.

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