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.