Cannot even Buy Mountain Lion - why ?

I have to say Apple is driving me crazy here, Angry....
I have a suitable Laptop but right now it will not boot. I am trying t obuy Mountain Lion to install.
I have an Mac 20" which for some reason is not suitable, it is a Core 2 Duo but when I try and buy Mountain Lion it says it is not compatible.
So.... I can't even Buy a version to install on Laptop because I have to use my Mac and the iTunes site won't let me buy the **** thing via the Mac.
I know Apple ( apart from Steve Jobs ) is full of youngsters but raelly, are they that dumb as so create sush headaches for their clients ???
Ok I've vented... If someone could please help me by telling me how to buy a copy of Mountain Lion off the web, not via Post I woudl raelly appreciate it.
thanks

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OS X v10.6.8 or later
2GB of memory
8GB of available space
Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
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Supported
Models
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
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MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
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The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico my first language is Spanish. I do not speak English, however I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
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Hello
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renefromhannover wrote:
Hello to everyone that helped me.
I have tryed all the solutions that you have offered, but with no sucsess.
I have also tryed to contact the support from the AppStore, but I only got the answer please contact our other collegues, from the Technical Support unit.
I tryed as the last atemped to reinstall Lion 10.7 through the AppStore (by going to purchases) after I went through the process, downloading and installing, I could also purchase, download and install Mountainlion.
(one small hick-up, after I finished downloading Lion, the AppStore gave me the same Message as before:
The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed.
I just pressed the button to download, again. After that I had no more issues.)
I hope that this will help you.
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In my case, that would not be possible since before the message I have got , the system said
"We could not complete your App Store request" or something similar. And the only choice I had, is to click on OK button. As I said, the only way I found is to start from Mac OS 10.6 to succeed in buying, not only downloading, but simply buying Mountain Lion.
Best Regards from France

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