Looking to downgrade my new iMac to mountain lion HELP

Can't seem to find the right help. I run Mountain Lion on my laptop and I love it. I recently bought a new iMac and was very excited at my new work station at home only to discover Mavericks is unusable.
I'd like to go back to Mountain Lion. Yes, the iMac came with Mavericks loaded, but this OS is fail. I need to be able to work, and work fast with out having to be my own IT support as well. I need my tools too, track pad, safari, etc.
How can I downgrade? Is it going to cost me? Heck, is it possible? Support has been unhelpful. If I can't downgrade I am going to take this shiny paper weight and exchange it for a PC and save money. Why pay a premium when the one feature that demanded the premium is unusable? I am NOT a happy apple customer. After 25 years I am about to walk away for good.

You may not be able to "downgrade" the OS on a machine that shipped with Mavericks installed.
The normal method would be to erase the drive and then install 10.8.5. You'll need to buy a redemption code at the Apple Store to use at the App Store.

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