@gin
Honestly, I was saying the same as you when I started, I'd spent a few weeks reading and reading and reading thinking there has to be a catch and that it's all some kind of scam.
In just over two weeks I've gone from asking a million questions to knowing the answers and being able to help others. From taking absolutely ages to find and place bets to doing it in minutes. From being confused by multiple tabs open, to knowing exactly which one to hit. Maths skills (something I was really really bad at) are improving quickly too. I'm confident I'd be able to do the matched betting without paying membership to I'm by finding own offers, bets and using online calculators to work out liabilities but the £15 a month comes out of my profit and saves lots of time, plus the daily Callander shows offers I may not know about.
If you are ever unsure just ask for help, either here or the forums on OM are friendly. There's no rush and no benefit to doing things quickly, take your time and the offers are not going anywhere so if you feel one sounds too complicated leave it until you do feel confident. It's not going anywhere and you can return whenever.
The profits are nice but I've gained something I have not had for a long time, confidence in myself. Hadn't realised just how much my anxiety had taken over the years until I got some of it back if that makes sense?
@ladasha I didn't have betfair account but didn't bother accepting their sports book offer as I'd have needed to create another account with another exchange to lay against betfair sportsbook backs which as a beginner I didn't feel confident doing (absolutely don't lay bets on the betfair exchange for events you've also backed on betfair sportsbook ) I didn't trust myself to not mess up and am planning to only use betfair for exchange for time being. I've read betfair are quick to gub the sportsbook element as lots of lays on exchange outs you as a matched bettor.
OM says most sites are happy with PayPal was just reading today as someone said they think they've missed out on loads of free bets as they signed up to all bookies trying to be efficient and deposited with PayPal , I'm almost certain I read betfred allows it, irrc correctly it can take up to 48 hours for free bets so worth checking back, there's only one or two free bets they hadn't been credited with iirc
I've not done any activity today, slightly annoying as I've missed some great offers and could have been at least 70 quid profit, I'm looking forward to having a full weekend day to do the offers, first weekend I wasn't confident I could focus and not fuck up with dd and dh around and telly in background, they both brilliant and wouldn't have tried distracting me etc, but dh works away and I'd feel a bit shit if I took myself off to another room for silence. Second weekend, I know I coukd have sat with laptop while we had DVD on or something and chit chatted and stuff without fucking up but this weekend has been chockablock.