Apps say they belong to another Apple ID and won't update

I recently bought a 2nd hand MBP. I made a new user, deleted the old user and used migration assistant to move my stuff from my old MBP. However, despite my having owned pre App Store versions of iWork apps the Mac App store continually tells me there are updates available for Keynote, Numbers and Pages. However, when I try to update them I am informed that they belong to the last owner of my MBP.
I own the apps, I moved them across from my machine. They were in a folder called "iWork '09" and the other owner's versions were loose in the Applications folder. I deleted the loose versions and left the ones in my "iWork '09" folder but I still have this problem that they seem to be associated with an account that I deleted from the machine. How do I reassign them to my Apple ID or at least stop the App Store app telling me about the updates?
I realise (or at least I assume) that having bought them pre App Store they will update outside of the App Store. I'm reluctand to delete them as I cannot see any way to download them again outside the App Store.
Any help gratefully received.
Cheers,
Grant

I completely stuffed up my question here. I have the iWork apps issue resolved. I should have been asking about GarageBand, iPhoto and iMovie as I did on my next attempt at posting a question. Sorry
Proper question: Changing the Apple ID associated with an app...

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