Can't download purchases due to download folder permissions on NAS

I downloaded several podcasts using my iPhone whilst away at Christmas. My media library is stored on a Buffalo NAS with the library xml stored locally and after syncing with iTunes I can no longer download new purchases reporting error - 5000.
"There was a problem downloading ************. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.
Please check that the connection to the network is active and try again."
I've investigated exhaustively to solve the issue. Apple's iTunes Store troubleshooting suggests the following:
If you encounter this issue while while downloading something from the iTunes Store:
Delete your iTunes Downloads folder, located in:
Mac OS X:  ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Downloads Note: "iTunes Media" may appear as "iTunes Music. Also, the tilde (~) refers to your Home directory.
However, I can't delete the Downloads folder because I do not have sufficient access permissions. Worth noting that the files on the Downloads folder correspond to those downloaded by my iPhone so the iPhone has caused this issue, even though I have been able to perform this task away from home before without these issues before iCloud and Match came along.
So, now I'm faced with a Downloads folder that I cannot delete even using Sudo rm -rf in terminal, CHOWN, CHMOD or even MV to relocate the files. There are no answers on this issue on the Buffalo forums so I am opening this frustrating issue up to the geniuses on the apple discussions group to see if anyone can help. Thanks

Okay, I solved it myself - surprisingly.
I logged into the NAS using Telnet as 'root' and this allowed me to delete the 'Downloads' directory without any permission issues. After re-opening iTunes it was able to download the backed-up purchases without error.
I don't know if the iPhone will cause permission issues again down the line though, so this may well be a bug in the latest iTunes version?

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