I have been emailing back and forth with VIP Profits over the past 2 days, and they have found some simple clerical errors that caused all this. it is still a mystery as to why they did not receive my earlier emails but it might just be an issue with my internet connection or something.
They have informed me that my payments are being ordered right now, so I am very happy. I will only post one more time when these missing payments arrive. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the discussion.
I now believe VIP is owned by people who are honest and that care about the affiliates. They also informed me that their site is fully operational and the affiliate program is working again as well, after a lot of technical work and programming.