Absolute Poker does not honour affiliate rakeback

Wondering if anyone else has had problems with Absolute Poker. I signed up through Thisisthenuts.com for a rakeback. They copied to me a message they sent to Absolute, stating a problem on Absolute's end with linking to their site. I originally did not make a deposit, rather made a transaction through friend's account on Absolute. I played nearly 9000 hands, but did not receive any rakeback. Finally I was able to deposit into my account, and they say that I have played 30 raked hands. Can they just ignore the affiliate promises? It seems Thisisthenuts is fully responsive, but Absolute has ignored 3 emails. Anybody else have a problem like this? Are other sites more cooperative?