How do I download free Lion OS X, promised when I bought my Mac?

I bought two Mac Powerbook Pros a little more than a week ago and was told I would receive a message about downloading Lion for free when Lion was available.  Now it's available, and I have not received any message.  Anyone else in this situation?  Thanks

You need to go to the website posted by xlwl:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/
Then input the information that is being asked - you will also need your credit card info for verification purpose (but there is no charge as you said you are eligible for free upgrade)
Once the steps are done, you will be given a content number.
Input the content number into App Store to start downloading for your Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
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