App store asks me to repurchase previously (all) purchased apps

Hi,
It seems that all my purchases have been lost, as I am trying to download/add apps/games that I have previously purchased and the system shows that I have to rebuy them. Does this means that I lost thousands of pounds (Mac,iphone and ipad) of previously bought applications? Is there a simple explanation for this? Does anyone else has the same problem?
I tried to rectify the issue by doing several things like: I waited for the store to refresh, I even rebooted the system, checked my other apple systems that are connected to Apple store etc, but I get the same issue. Should I wait a little bit longer to see if it is a Apples system error, or should I call them?
I got the same issue on my mac,iphone and ipad.

Thank you very much for your response Barney.
- I have only one AppleID (Mac/iphone/ipad) and I am using that.
- I can actually see all my purchases in the purchased page, but unfortunately the app store (Top Charts/Search) is not recognising the apps that I have purchased (but not installed). I did not have that issue before (yesterday).
- The Hide Purchased information can be found in the Purchased tab (by right clicking on the app), and is an 'per app' option. The account doesnt have such an option, at least not mine.

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