Where do I actually find legit early 2026 shoe deals for Black Friday without getting scammed by these fake countdown sites that just want my email? Ive been a sneakerhead for over a decade and usually have my monitors and discord groups dialed in perfectly for the holiday drops but lately the release calendars for the late 2025 and early 2026 season are a total mess and its driving me crazy. Everything feels gatekept or behind some weird monthly subscription wall now which is just exhausting. I am trying to budget about 900 bucks to restock my rotation for the 2026 season because I know shipping and retail prices are gonna spike again but none of my usual scrapers are picking up the placeholder pages or the early bird vouchers like they used to. Did the major retailers like Nike and New Balance change their API or am I just looking in the wrong spots? I usually look for high-performance runners since I train in Chicago and the salt ruins my soles every winter so I need to stock up early. Is there some new private group or a specific forum that actually has the 2026 leaks because the main blogs are just posting clickbait at this point...