WRT the PA sign up discussion, I held off initially but I have paid for 2 months now. You get access to the forum and loads of extra training that you don't get during the trial. I found it useful, but I don't know whether I'll keep subscribing forever. If I wanted to spend loads of time MBing and making a lot each month, I'd definitely use it. But my earning aims are more like £300-400 a month and I find I can do that without looking at PA very often. Most of my reloads come via forums like this and from email offers. It's entirely possible to do matched betting without it, as you can just do the legwork yourself. I'd certainly advise caution with following the crowd in terms of which arbs/mugs you pick as it won't help in the gubbing stakes. Having said that, I'm going to continue to subscribe while I'm still learning things like acca refunds.
I lost one of my GMM free bets at 888 this week. It was credited to me and when my mouse hovered over it, it said it expired on the 21st of Jan. So I logged in yesterday around 7pm and it was gone. So I assume it expires in the morning of the day it says, not the night. I read it as being available up to and including that date. It was just a £4 one so no great loss, just something for newbies to GMM to look out for.
Things are picking up this week, after a slow start to the year, hopefully it will continue.