Re-download of Mavericks - App Store issue

Hi!
Just got my shiny new Retina MacBook Pro, which came with Mavericks on it. I want to create a USB recovery disk with Diskmaker X, the way it has been outlined on several webpages. When locating Mavericks in App Store and clicking Download, I am not precisely told that it is already installed. Rather, I am told that "the purchase cannot be fulfilled; OS X Mavericks cannot be installed on this computer". There is an option to get more info ("read more"), which leads me to an Apple webpage detailing the system requirements for Mavericks, among those a computer with Snow Leopard, Lion or Mountain Lion on it. And that's where it apparently ends.
Any ideas as to how I may persuade App Store to let me re-download Mavericks...?
Thanks in advance - Ole

petermac87 wrote:
Elvis Boy wrote:
Well, chatting with Apple support, their best solution was to wait for the next update of Mavericks. That one should appear as a complete OS dl, which I can then use to create the USB drive. Hum. Well, better than nothing, I suppose...
Your brand new Mac came with a special Mavericks install that is different to the one in the App Store. Once you apply the next update, I believe you will be able to download your copy of Mavericks then to make your bootable USB.
Cheers
Pete
Thanks, Pete! I reached the same conclusion, and I also thought it would be possible, as you write, once 10.9.1 came out. But alas that one was also, as far as I can see, a specific update; certainly not a full OS X download.
Guess I will have to find another mac to create the drive with. Thanks anyway!
- Ole

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