Happy Cyber Monday! Today is the day that e-tailers offer their best deals on their websites. I know, I know, it’s no fun when you don’t have to stand in line in the freezing cold for hours and then wait in the checkout line for an hour, too. But I think you’ll manage somehow.

That was obviously a very tiny selection of the deals available today, and many more sites are participating. Be sure to check out each site for its Cyber Monday deals.

For more info, check out the Cyber Monday pages on GottaDeal, Black Friday Ads, and DealTaker.

And if you miss the hustle and bustle of Black Friday, go stand outside in front of your door for four hours before you try and buy anything.

The Black Friday Podcast is officially declaring today “Rebate Sunday.”

Rebate Sunday will occur on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and Black Friday each year: November 25, 2007, November 30, 2008, and so on.

Rebate Sunday is the day to take the time to fill out your rebates and get them ready to mail in. Read your rebates carefully, fill out all the forms properly, and send them exactly what they ask for — and always make a complete set of copies of everything you send in. You never know when you’ll need the proof.

Don’t forget — if you got that awesome Black Friday deal but you don’t send in the rebate . . . then you didn’t get that awesome Black Friday deal.

It’s the day after Black Friday, and there are 370 days until next year. This is the longest possible wait until the next Black Friday in terms of the number of days.

This scenario would seem longer on a non-leap year. For instance, BF 2012 will be on November 23, but the next BF won’t be until November 29, 2013. This year, Black Friday will land on November 28 (seemingly a day earlier) but this time span includes February 29, so the number of days remains the same.

Hopefully you bought everything you’ll need for the next 370 days!

Thanksgiving is officially over, and you know what that means: Black Friday has begun!

But what are you doing reading this? Get out there and get in line!!!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Just one more day until Black Friday.

Be sure to check out the websites for your favorite Black Friday stores, as some deals may also be available online. That’s much easier than standing in line all morning!

Also, don’t forget to stop in at KMart today for KMart’s Thanksgiving Day sale.

Enjoy your turkey and the rest of your Thanksgiving dinner, and get rested up in preparation for the big day tomorrow!

Visitors to the GottaDeal.com Forum this morning got a scare when the forums were taken down due to routine maintenance.

During a scheduled forum upgrade overnight, the staff placed a frightening yet humorous message on their outage page:

Due to legal action, the forum is now closed
No, just kidding. Seriously, we’re just doing an upgrade of the forum software. It could take a few hours, so find something better to do with your time until then. Maybe grab a book. Nobody reads anymore. Why is that? Oh well. See you in a few hours.

When I checked again several minutes later, a more prominent message was displayed above, informing visitors that the site was undergoing maintenance.

Good one, GottaDeal. You got me for a solid five seconds . . . but can you blame me for being fooled? With companies like Wal-Mart getting more and more aggressive against Black Friday websites each year, it’s just a matter of time until this isn’t a joke. Scary, isn’t it?

Slickdeals.net released the Best Buy Black Friday scans on their forum today.

There’s plenty more, so be sure to check out the ad scans linked above.

As usual, expect a large number of customers lining up at Best Buy this year.

The Black Friday ad scans for Circuit City have now hit the internet, thanks to SlickDeals.net.

Definitely take some time to check out the full Circuit City Black Friday ad scans for plenty more deals, including sales on many smaller items, too.