I haven’t commented on this thread, but…
I’ve experienced the same thing. The sad thing about it is that I’ve spent literally hours with some people showing them what to do and how to do it in hopes that I might make a little bit of subaffiliate revenue from them.
I’ve made subaffiliate revenue from one person who I helped. And not only did I help this guy set up his entire PPC campaign, I had to go back and rewrite his ads for him and not only help him understand that 7 keywords does not a keyword list make, but I had to give him a keyword list.
I have a whole new attitude about people wanting to learn how to do what I do. I have a website set up with some info and some link, and I point them to it, and tell them to go have fun and get to work.