Apple ID was created as a Reseller Account, no iCloud?

Back in 2011, I set up a new Apple ID when I registered for Certification courses for Snow Leopard.
When I try to log in to iCloud (either on my MBA running 10.8 or my iPad with iOS 6) I get an "Apple ID is Unsupported" error message.
After 2 hours of researching online and talking to Apple Support (including Senior Tech) we figured out that my account had been created as a Reseller Account, and as such could not be used for iCloud.
I am not a reseller, nor have I ever been.  Apple is telling me to create a separate Apple ID for iCloud, which goes against the whole idea of the Apple ID in the first place (one log in for all services)
Has anyone out there run across this problem before? (I know there are)  More importantly, has anyone out there figured out a solution? (other than creating a separate Apple ID for iCloud?)
I sure hope so.
Thanks, everyone!

You weren't hacked, it happened to me too, don't know why. I just remade my account and all my games kept their achievements and progress, so it's all fine.
Not the greatest solution, but I really don't have a clue.

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