HW come to the fair??

[The Baron]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:50:23 -0600, mike coleman 
<insect.brain at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi everybody
>My friend (name withheld) brought my attention to this, this morning, and in
>case anybody wanted to turn from man to astroman and missed the chance 
last
>time, the ferris wheel lowers itself for someone to take a very expensive
>thrill ride
>the rest of us can enjoy watching
>Last I knew, this item is dissallowed on eBay, so interesting
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&item=260363433640&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:GB:1123

Why was it disallowed?