Mac mini wont run mountain Lion

I have just purchased a 2nd hand 2009 mini mac, and have updated the snow leopard osx.
I checked the spec to be able to run mountain Lion and my machine just meets it...core 2 duo 1.83ghz,upgraded to 2gb ram.
I have purchased Mountain Lion for £14 from apple, and got a download link. Right at the start of the download stage, a warning pops up that my machine isn't able to run it.
I have adequate hard drive space,and realise I am close to edge of compatability,  is it because "apple" is recognising my machine as originally having less than 2gb, thus says it is unable to run it?
other questions are, as I ordered the download, but then it failed will I still be charged?
also, if available could I purchase a physical disk and install either on top of my existing OS or even on a new HD.....
I am a new convert having previously done many many windows upgrades etc, so I am learning a bit...Any help would be great, my reason for wanting to upgrade is I wan't to down load Mac Apps, which you have to have mt Lion to do?
many thanks

Yes, thxs for that, my current os is defo 10.6.8, i've run an update, and it says the software is up to date....
My current o/s is I guess snow leopard, and i wan't to get to at least Lion or mountain Lion...
I realise Mavericks is a free upgrade, but i really dont think my machine would run that, but my first issue is getting Mt Lion installed, i understand you can't buy Lion on its own so i purchased Mt Lion...
but like i said, i am unsure if my machine meets the required spec for even that as the ram is just upgraded to 2 gb...
is there a way around the install checking what spec the machine is that it is being installed on to?, although i am unsure if i am even near to that stage as it won't even start the down load...
i will try again!!!
thanks again, has anyone else got any advice...
sorry one last thing, will it be anything linked to my serial number?, it isn't listed under "about my mac", i suspect as it may well have been effected when the ram was expanded to 2gb, would that cause an issue, I have the serial number on the original box, can i re establish that with the mac if that is the cause?

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