Re-install Lion, reinstall 10.6.8 combo, error running Mac App Store

I need to re-download and install Lion. To do so I need to get to the App Store.
To get to the App Store I need the App Store installer for Mac OS X 10.6.8, the
latest Snow Leopard.
I cannot go to the Mac App Store because the App Store program I have is for
Lion, not Snow Leopard. I moved the Lion App Store application out of the
Applications folder and deleted it and ran Software Update, SU says I'm up
to date. So I download the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update.
I try to run that Mac App Store application and got a memory dump looking
dialog that says I had an unknown error and it may be because the version of the Mac App Store
I tried to run is for the wrong version of OSX. This the error I got when I ran the Lion version
of the Mac App Store application resulting in my deleting it back before I installed the Combo update for 10.6.8.
Perhaps I missed deleting another component still hanging around from Lion?
Any ideas of what to try next?

I was on the delevoper's list for LIon and have now had to put a new hard drive in and want to reinstall Lion on my new hard drive but when I go to App store and sign in, under purchases it says I have not purchased anything.
Any ideas as to how to get back to Lion?
GH

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