How do I purchace OS X Lion on a Mac that already has Lion?

I bought a Mac Mini that came with OS X Lion on it. I would like to do a clean install, but I can't without the AppleID of the previous owner. I don't mind purchasing OS X Lion again, but the app store does not allow me to do that. How do I work around this problem?

Well, you are partially right, but:
- ‘Selling hardware does not mean selling software installed on it.’ Not necessarily, but Apple has traditionally sold its hardward AND software, i.e. the OS and some apps, depending from generation to generation.
- ‘However if you have mac which comes with an older OS X you cannot recovery the OS.’Not clear what you mean, e.g. that I cannot owe the older Mac OS x? I do have the licence for the OS which came with the mac.
– ‘It is the same situation as buying second hand iPhone with some apps left on it, you cannot redownload them because you do not own them’ This is correct, but the comparison is not good.
I will recheck this just for the sake of curiosity as Lion is licenced to all macs in my family. It is strange that the newest, with Lion pre-installed, cannot be redownloaded, if need be, as long as I owe the licence, which is included, as always been, with the hardware.
Or am I missing something?

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