Big OS X Lion problem

I bought a 21.5" iMac from Best Buy 8 days ago and just noticed that it was still running 10.6.8, Snow Leopard.
Annoyed by this, I looked around the app store and stuff to see if OS X Lion was even downloaded or anything.
Then I get a notice about an available update - One that will upgrade me from 10.7.0 to 10.7.1.
The problem? I have to log into an account that doesn't belong to me, [email protected]
I called Geek Squad and they said I should be able to install Lion from my account then upgrade from there, but nope.
I have projects to work on and really don't want to have to leave my Mac there for them to work on. What can I do?

Hopefully someone on this forum will be able to help you, but Community Connectors don't work on the weekends. My big OS X Lion problem was different than yours. I also bought a 21.5" iMac from Best Buy, and did a happy dance when I found out that I could get Lion free based on my iMac purchase date. I only used Lion for about a week though, then rolled my iMac back to Snow Leopard. A small thing was that Front Row was gone in Lion, and I use that program every once in a while. No deal breaker though. What I really didn't like was the Auto-Save feature that has no way to be turned off. I would rather make the decision of when I want changes to a document to be saved, and not turn that decision over to my OS. Also, opening a text file that hadn't been opened for a while and having to click 'unlock'? That just seemed silly. Good luck with Lion if you want it and/or when you get it, but I'm sticking with Snow Leopard as long as possible.
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