Wow. Taboo Gal has some great thoughts.
On the other side of the coin, (and this is not directed at you jayman as I've not seen your programs).. there are a lot of incomplete programs out there. And webmasters who may not know their programs are hard to work with.
When you enroll in a program and get ready to start promoting, it sucks to find that it takes days to get your login. It's easier to move on to the next program when you've budgeted time and can't get the materials.
There's an awesome program out there who's linking codes for all their sites go directly to a 404 page. Since they are on CCbill, it's pretty easy to figure out how to link correctly, but that's a reason why they probably aren't seeing much traffic or their partners giving up sending traffic.
The worst is amateur style programs who don't put their codes on their webmaster page. They do a half ass job at getting their banners and material out there so you have to dig around in CCbill to find what you need. I think both sides can always strive to be better.
I agree with Taboo Gal and Jayman too. Just tossing in an extra
and wish you luck with your new program!