Mac OSX Version 10.5.8 Upgrade

I currently have Mac OSX Version 10.5.8. The disk we were given at the day of purchase on our new iMac, 1 year ago, clearly says Snow Leopard. Why is it that I need to purchase Snow Leopard a second time for Verison 10.6 in order to buy Lion from the Mac app store?! Is this a faulty disk?

It is possible that your system was preloaded with Leopard 10.5 and Apple included a Snow Leopard disk with your new system.  That seems a little odd, however, since Snow Leopard was released in August 2009 and you bought your system in late 2010.
Have you tried using the Snow Leopard disk to upgrade? 

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