Sneak peeks at Black Friday deals?

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Story Published: Nov 9, 2009 at 9:28 AM PST

By Connie Thompson

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SEATTLE -- The Black Friday ad trackers are in overdrive with leaked ads for the Friday after Thanksgiving- the day retailers hope to get their bottom lines out of the red and back into the black.

Some sites only offer a hint of what will be on sale. Most want you to sign up to get Black Friday alerts as they come in. Others actually give you a sneak peek of the actual ads -- like an $80 ShopVac at Lowes for $30.

More examples of rumored Black Friday deals?

Sears will reportedly be selling Panasonic Blu-ray Home theater systems for $399.99.
Dell is rumored to be offering Nintendo Wii consoles for $179.99.
At Office Max, a Magellan RoadMate Portable GPS for $69.99. Great deal if it's true.

Black Friday experts say while many of the so-called Black Friday leaks may be authentic, this early in the game you should take them with a grain of salt.

Dan deGrandpre is Editor in Chief for dealnews.com, considered one of the top Black Friday news sites.

"The store might actually wind up changing the products available substantially, or even entirely," he said. "It's, in theory, possible that they could even be fake.

"I would treat them like Hollywood gossip. They're fun to read, but not necessarily true."

Even so, Web sites are filling up with rumored deals. Deals.com has even developed a special iPhone App to help you track Black Friday specials early and plan ahead.

For More Information:

http://dealnews.com/black-friday.html?iref=dnhd

http://www.blackfriday.org/

http://www.shopzilla.com/mkt.xpml?mkt_id=287537634

http://www.blackfriday.info/

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/

http://www.target.com/b/175-9871410-7362236?node=1263430011&ref=tgt_adv_XSHA4055&AFID=googlestr&CPNG=holidaysale&LNM=black_friday_sales&LID=

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