Buy Mountain Lion on friends mac, install on my wiped MBP?

Can I buy Mountain Lion on a friends computer under MY apple id and install it to a completely wiped mac book pro? I would do it by using the wireless download/install when lion in bought under my apple id (if that is possible). When I run reinstall it asks for mountain lion and my snow leopard cd will not work regardless of attempts.

You said that he is running Leopard, and the App Store needs Snow Leopard, so he has to upgrade to Snow Leopard.
First, open  > About this Mac and check Version. If it's 10.6, he has Snow Leopard, so he doesn't have to purchase it. Check if the computer is supported > http://support.apple.com/kb/sp575 Buy Snow Leopard > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard Then, make a backup, insert the DVD and upgrade.
The disc will install 10.6.3, so go to  > Software Update to update to 10.6.8, which has the App Store, so login with your Apple ID and purchase Mountain Lion. Note that you will only be able to purchase Mountain Lion if his Mac is compatible > http://www.apple.com/osx/specs
Also, he can't use the Mountain Lion copy that you downloaded onto it because it's registered to your Apple ID

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