You know Ramster, that does suck. But, I have never been a big fan of not reading at least the sign up page. The first sentence of the webmaster sign up page says..."Sign up to my Affiliate Program today and make 50% on all initial signups!"
I know that it is so unusual for something like that people may not even notice. But, you can't say they didn't warn you.
As for the icq...that is just poor business skills.