Mountain Lion can't be used I can use Lion if I can get it

Hi I have 2 Apple Macs, a Mac book purchased 2007 and a Mac pro G5 I purchased as a refurbished unit in 2011 its build year 2006. to replace my G5 power mac as I was unable to upgrade to the next OS system as I could on my Mac book. This was to v10.5 (Leopard)
In 2011 When I purchased the second hand Mac pro I decided to upgrade to v10.7 (Lion)
But found I had to upgrade to v10.6 (Snow Leopard) first this I did no problem.
Due to various reasons I didn't get organised to upgrade to v10.7 (Lion) until early July but I noticed the next version was about to be released and I could upgrade from v10.6 (Snow Leopard) to v10.8 (Mountain Lion) so ok I can skip Lion.
I now find the just discovered Snow Leopard will not run on either of my computers Apple tech support said sorry the architecture was changed around 2008 (no publicity about that) but I could upgrade to v10.7 (Lion) and still get some improvement.
My problem is could not find where to purchase Lion which is only available as a download, it had been replaced by Mountain Lion. When I Contacted Apple sales they informed me that lion is no longer available, advised me upgrade my computers!!
why can't I get Lion it was there a couple of weeks ago ?
Older Software released prior to Jan 1,1998 in the US and worldwide is available
Not happy
Richard Thomson

I'm largely in the same boat. I'm running 10.6 and I bought both my computers on the cusp of the capability range apple listed. I had no way of telling if they fell in the right category. I looked for something that listed serial number ranges or some kind of app that would tell me if they would be compatible but found nothing that was definitive. I even called Apple and they said it sounds like my computers will be fine. Saying things like "Mid/Late 2007 or newer" is hardly precise. Needless to say I bought my Macbook Pro in mid 2007 and my Mac Pro in early 2008. Both have turned out to not support 10.8. I have no problem with that but would like to at least upgrade to 10.7. 10.6 is still available via phone sales but not 10.7. Very fustrating.

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