App Store refuses buying Mountain Lionsall Mountain Lion.

Since the launch I try to buy Mountain Lion via the App Store, but the App Store refuses me!
After hitting the green 'Buy Now' button in the App Store nothing happens. Hitting it again after minutes results in a weird drop down message:
Translated (from Dutch) it looks like: We could not help you. The Product Distribution file could not be checked. It is probably defect or not signed.
This doesn't sound like being my problem. I'm just a customer in their shop.
This all looks weird. Apple itself doesn't undersand it seems. Even the phone support of Apple could say no more then that the techo's in Coupertine are working on it. Since over a week!
What's wrong Apple. This is not what I expect from Apple.
Where is that service!
Snow Lion and Lion gave no problem at all.

What's wrong Apple. This is not what I expect from Apple.
Where is that service!
You're not talking to Apple. This forum is made up of users of Apple products.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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here is a "copied" version with credits for those looking for a solution to an annoying problem Apple should patch. (Yes, I'm aware of the irony of that statement)
July 18, 2012 · by Arthur Lockman · in Apple, Tutorials
After doing a reinstall of Lion a few weeks ago, I found that my computer suddenly would reject every VeriSign certificate that it encountered. Using Chrome, that meant that I couldn’t even access Twitter.com, because it thought that the certificate was wrong. I couldn’t login to the Apple developer portal, I couldn’t authenticate a device with XCode, I couldn’t make a purchase at Apple.com, I couldn’t download updates from the Mac App Store, and I couldn’t login to Mint.com, among other sites. I essentially couldn’t do anything that used a VeriSign certificate for SSL.
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Delete the files /var/db/crls/crlcache.db and /var/db/crls/ocspcache.db. These can be found using Finder’s Go >; Go To Folder menu (Cmd + Shift + G). This resets the cache of accepted certificates in the system. It doesn’t remove them, it just forces the system to rebuild the caches upon restart.
Open Keychain Access (/Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access). Select Certificates in the Category picker on the left side. In the search bar, type in the word Class. Look through that list, and find any certificates that have a blue + symbol over their icon. These are the ones you need to modify.
Select one that has a blue +, and hit Command + I. Click the disclosure triangle beside the “Trust” list to show the list of permissions. Now, what we need to do is to set this certificate to use the system defaults. However, for some reason, when you select it, it doesn’t save. So what you need to do is this. Under “Trust”, where it says “Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)”, change the dropdown menu to say “No Value Specified”. Then, close the window. It will ask for your administrator permissions. Then, open the info pane for that certificate again. Under “Trust” again, now set the dropdown that says “When using this certificate:” to say “Use System Defaults”. You can then close out of the info pane, and enter your password again. Do this for any of the certificates that have a blue + on their icon. There should only be one or two at most.
Restart your system.
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Addendum – a note on security:
This procedure won’t affect the security of your Mac. I’ve had some questions come in about that, and if anything, it makes it more secure because then sites that require SSL certificates can actually use them, unlike before where they might default to non secure connections because the certificate was bad.

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When I'm supposed to comfirm my purchase, it just never starts download.
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Launchpad equivalents:
When it's finished it looks like this:
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In English:
Your buy could not be proceeded
The products distribution file could not be checked. Maybe it is dammaged or not proper signed.

The product distribution file could not...: Apple Support Communities
The product distribution file could not...: Apple Support Communities
ERROR: The product distribution file...: Apple Support Communities

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Disable anti virus software.
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~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore/Cache.db
Click Go
Move the Cache.db file to the Trash.
Now here:
~/Library/Preferences
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Move these files from the Preferences folder to the Trash.
com.apple.appstore.plist
com.apple.storeagent.pllist
Now here:
~/Library/Cookies
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