Take one of the best selling handsets ever - the Motorola V3 - get affiliates to deep link to it, then change the page so that punters have to order it by phone instead of online.
You can almost hear them exclaiming with joy: "look how much commission we're saving!"
Who'd want to let good business practice or respect for their affiliates get in the way of that? Not Virgin Mobile, obviously!
(Flagged with
TD already, but thought others might appreciate a heads-up).