Downloaded program. Hard drive failed and program lost. Any way to retrieve it?

I purchased my iMac in Dec. of '07 and purchased iWork shortly thereafter by download. Unfortunately my hard drive failed and I didn't have a backup so I lost not only my iWork but also my Snow Leopard update. Is there any way to retrieve these (especially iWork) without having to purchase them again? I haven't had any luck getting through to Apple support.

I you purchased iWork "shortly after" your Mac purchase, there was no app store; the only way you could have bought it was as a retail disk or, if there was a trial version on your Mac, you might have purchased a registration number. If the former is the case, you should have the disk; if it's the latter, I'd suggest calling Apple to see if something can be done.
And: your next purchase should be an external hard drive so you can make a backup.

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