New dealnews Black Friday Ads site pre-launches with rumored OfficeMax ad

Psst. Got some inside dish for you: For the first time ever, dealnews will be releasing a site to cover rumored (i.e., "leaked") Black Friday ads, to be followed up with confirmed (i.e., "legit") Black Friday ads when they're released closer to Thanksgiving. Rumored ads should be looked at with great skepticism: they could be substantially changed upon release, inaccurate or incomplete ... they could even be fakes. Without question, they fall outside of the range of our Editorial Guarantee. However, like a tech rumor from Gizmodo or a Hollywood rumor from TMZ, they're extremely popular and exciting to read. Plus, they can be very useful in planning your holiday purchases, which matters more than ever in this economy. So we want to show them to you, our readers, outside of our normal content, with full disclaimers on.

We were all set to announce our sparkling new Black Friday Ads site soon, since it's not yet ready. Then, lo and behold, we found a "leaked" version of the OfficeMax Black Friday Ad today. OfficeMax is a major chain, and OfficeMax skipped Black Friday entirely last year. So, it's big news. We're releasing a "beta" version of the dealnews Black Friday Ads site now, for your enjoyment, with OfficeMax's rumored ad here. All prices aren't available; don't bother asking OfficeMax to honor them now. More to come here.

• Posted October 22, 2009