Can't really see the problem here...
The sites were heavily promoted first week, everyone were cheering about the high ratios, and of course you get many "want to look - surfer" signups!! After a while it takes off. If you get dissappointed about that, still promoting agressively, then you dont understand how the market works, and how to target your traffic.
As go for the rebills; I have not made one million signups, but enough to compare with other new solo sites, and the rebills are not worser than other new ones.
And why not start acting like partners? It sure is the sponsors job to hold on the members, but affiliates can still give some constructive critisism/ideas instead of whining. Just my thought...
ps. about the flyers: It's good as long it's not Anthrax
