That's a partner who doesn't know what he's talking about.
Some resellers won't sell add-ons to home users, as they don't make any money off of it through licensing. You will have to hunt around and try several before you find one who is willing to sell you an AP. There's a couple of threads from other Home license users who had to go through this. There's a few resellers that hang out on these boards and one may post a reply offering to help you out.
I'm not a partner, but there are some on the board that may offer to help you out. Give it a few hours and see if one of them responds to this thread. There are also some resellers with web stores, where you can just purchase off their web site. Google around and see what pops up.
__________________ ACE v8/SCA v9.3
...still have a v5 install disk in a box somewhere.