I get an error message when purchasing mountain lion

I currently have Mac OS X 10.6.8.  I just freshly formatted and re-installed Mac OS X and Windows 7 on a partition using bootcamp.  The last time I tried installing 10.8 it failed because it was unable to create a partition it needed (I forget details).  I got a refund for the 19.99 purchase.
Now I'm trying to purchase it again, but the 19.99 price changes to "Download".  I did not purchase it again as far as I'm aware.  When I click "Download" I get an error message "The update is for an app downloaded with a different Apple ID.  Sign in with that Apple ID and try again." 
I don't have and never did have another Apple ID.  What's the problem here?

Try resetting the App Store.
Reset       Learned from Old Toad
and
- Sign out of the App Store (in the Store menu)
- Quit the App Store
- In Finder - Go>Go to folder...  (or Apple-shift-G)
- Paste in the following "~/Library/Caches/ "
- It will take you to a folder.  Delete com.apple.appstore
- Launch the App Store.
There is a contact link.
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