Originally Posted by adendreams

Bullshit.

Here is why programs withhold until a minimum payment amount is met: An Affiliate can say he quit the program and demand his tiny little check...then inadvertently he sends a few more sales the following week and then the company has to send ANOTHER tiny check to the dude while he searches for and pulls links...but many links get forgotten and he's bugging the sponsor for teeny tiny checks for MONTHS.

There is nothing scammy about terms and conditions to prevent this.

However I do think Sponsors should pay out after a termination agreement has been signed stating no further payments will be made to that Aff. Problem Solved.