its not pleasant, I wouldn't say I'm an expert on these things, but I wouldn't be onselling my empire game once it was registered to a steam account, but thats just me, Hopefully someone else on the forums has better advice or good news for you! not being allowed in the EU is an interesting question, because how do they legislate on something that is based in the US? even in australia I don't know how you would go about this, its one of the dangers of buying second hand goods I suppose, mind if I ask what the sellers rep was at? hopefully I'm wrong about this and hopefully its just been a misunderstanding, I'll keep an eye out for updates and goodluck on this.