Did you even read the OP? I took out the part about pyramid schemes because so few people understood what I was trying to say. Read this quote:
http://www.moviequotes.com/fullquote.cgi?qnum=96052
In the same way, it branches out as other sealed collectors see the VGA service and they show two friends who feel compelled to slab all their games and they show two friends who feel compelled to slab all their games and they show two friends who feel compelled to slab all their games and so on and so forth.
When you map out this kind of progression, it looks like a fucking pyramid. That's how it's like a pyramid scheme. The branching.
Self perpetuating model was more appropriate to the post in general. But you didn't even read that damn post otherwise I wouldn't be wasting my time talking to the representative of the retarded half of the internet.