Shopping at Indochino.com just got a little bit sweeter. Indochino is now participating with Mr. Rebates, which means you’ll get 4% cash back on any order. And that’s on top of any coupon codes or vouchers you want to use. As far as i know, this is the only way to combine discounts at Indochino.

Mr. Rebates now offers 4% cash back at Indochino.

Sign up at Mr. Rebates search for Indochino in their list of stores, click through their link, then place your order at Indochino as normal. You’ll be credited with 4% cash back into your Mr. Rebates account which can be claimed via PayPal or paper check. To be clear, it’s not an instant discount, so you’ll pay the original amount at checkout (minus any coupon codes you use), then get a rebate from Mr. Rebates. It’s a fairly easy and sure-fire way to knock about $15 off the price of a new suit.

And Mr. Rebates offers great bash back rebates at tons of your favorite online stores, like eBay (5%), Macy’s (3%), Endless.com (12%), and Groupon (10%). Use it wherever you’re already shopping for extra savings. I’ve racked up over $700 in cash-back rebates from Mr. Rebates since i signed up in 2009.

Xbox Live Gold 12 Month for $40

Xbox Live subscribers, you’re mostly likely aware that Microsoft is upping the annual rate to $60 tomorrow, November 1. However if you act fast, Buy.com has Xbox Live Gold 12 month renewal cards for under $40 shipped. And you can get an additional 3.5% cashback if you click through Ebates. You can order as many as you want — stock up now for $40 each. Letting your account autorenew will cost $60 per year starting tomorrow.

Extra Savings on Local Groupon Deals

Do you know about Groupon? Sign up for daily discounts around 50% off at local restaurants, entertainment and services. Just days after i signed up, i got a Groupon worth $15 at one of my fave burger spots Big Buns for only $7, and i see several interesting deals each week.

Here’s the extra. You can get an additional 6% cashback from either Mr. Rebates (my personal favorite rebate site) or Ebates.

Just noticed the 32GB 600x card from Transcend has dropped in price since i last checked. I got mine for $197 on eBay just a few months ago in July. That was the best price at the time. Today i just happened to see it going at multiple places, including Amazon, for under $160!

This is the card to get if you have a DSLR that shoots HD video. It’ll also let you blast continuous still frames as fast as your camera will go until the buffer is full. Slower cards will drop out on HD video recording and can’t keep up with high-speed continuous frames. “Brand name” cards (from Lexar and Sandisk) cost twice as much!

I’ve been using Transcend cards since i got my SD790 PowerShot in 2008 (that was an 8GB class 6 SDHC). I got a 600x 8GB card when i got my 7D this April, and quickly realized 8GB wasn’t big enough when shooting 25MB-per-shot RAW stills and HD video. I haven’t used all that many brands or types of cards for comparison, but these have never given me any problems.

In short, the Transcend 32GB 600x are solid quality, and the biggest, fastest CF cards at a great price!

Writing is only half the battle.

Don’t forget, to maximize the speed of transfers from the card to your computer you need a fast card reader. USB is too slow! I found this chart a while back showing the speeds of various card/reader combinations. The thing that stood out to me is that the fastest USB reader will hit 36MB/s, however some can do no better than 20MB/s — either way, far less than the 90MB/s maximum of 600x cards. A FireWire 800 CF card reader will be 2x faster than a USB reader. And an ExpressCard reader will be about 3x faster than USB. So multiply that out whenever you’re dumping a 32GB card to your computer. It could be the difference between checking Facebook updates vs going out to get lunch while you wait.

I’ve been using ExpressCard readers from Sonnet in my MacBook Pro, and have been very happy with the speed and convenience. If you have a notebook with an ExpressCard slot, Sonnet’s Multimedia Card reader is a must-have for SD and other smaller formats. It sits flush in the case, and makes viewing and copying photos super easy, no extra cables or parts needed — a no-brainer if you have a MBP with ExpressCard. I leave this reader in my MBP all the time. For CF cards, i got Sonnet’s CompactFlash reader. Slightly less convenient because the larger cards stick out from the side, but the speed is great, and it’ll mount two cards at once. And with both there’s no dangling cables and nothing taking up a USB or FireWire port.