I have had the same experience - lost a good amount - my heart is heavy and I am stressful because that was my bill payment money.
Since you've experienced that way, i wonder if you still do it at least twice for a reason that you might recover the loss but in the end it just doubled.
To op, if you are already an affiliate for a long time, why doubt now, it's obvious that the system takes time before it can disperse money to affiliates but the thing is it the fund appears on the dashboard.