Mavericks wont even start download

I have 10.6.8, plenty of space, and a strong internet connection.
When I click "Install" next to Mavericks in the "Featured" section of the App Store the button changes to say "Downloading" and a Mavericks icon appears in the dock with one of those download progress bars but nothing happens - the bar never shows any progress. When I look in the "Purchases" area Mavericks is listed and there is download button to its right. When I click that it changes to say "downloading" but still nothing happens in the progress bar in the dock (if I right click it it says "downloading" but no progress ever occurs).
If I go to "Check for Unfinished Downloads" in the App Store I get a message that says "All purchases have been downloaded for this account."
I have cancelled the download and tried this a few times. I read a bunch of discussions and articles and saw that I should install my system updates. So I cancelled the download, again, installed my system updates, restarted the computer and tried to start the download process again but it behaved the same way - except now when I look at "Purchases" the "download" button next Maverick's flickers back and forth between being an empty rectangle and a download button and the scroll bar appears and dissappears.
Lots of forum posts mention using LaunchPad but I don't have it.
Any help is much appreciated.

Try this yet, and if it doesn't work, follow Ned's advice.
Resetting the System Management Controller >>
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