System discs recovery and fully clean out a Lion install?

I just got an iMac, i7 - 27" 2.93GHz (used) - this box originally ships with Snow OS and Applications Install discs. (but problems with the Apps disc and no Lion install included)
The seller had upgraded to Lion on it and wiped a lot of stuff clean but - didn't do a clean install so there's some residual stuff (keychain and other) I would like to wipe out. (It ships with Snow and I have no Lion install currently).
1. Is there a way to fully uninstall *everything* from a past Lion user - including their Home -
a) without completely reformatting the drive
b) also - without a Lion installer of any kind - but wanting to keep the existing Lion OS in place
The box arrived and the System Discs were loose with the keyboard and trackpad flying around in the box causing damage to the Applications Install Disc. Both Disk Utility and Toast11 fail to make backups or Image files due to read errors - (backups are the first thing I always do with System Discs).
2. I have the Applications Install Disc from my 2010 MacBook Pro - will it work in place of the iMac's? None with my 2011 Mini :-( and I sold the '09 Mini.
3. Does Apple have any kind of replacement disc policy/program short of buying them all over again? ($$$expensive?)
a) This iMac has Applecare through most all of 2013 - would it help for replacement discs?
Thanks!

First off, copying the original discs is prohibited unless you own the correct discs and use the restore directions on http://www.macmaps.com/bootcd.html
I do not know if those directions work with the Snow Leopard installer.
However, once installed you can make a clone*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
If the discs don't boot with an Option key boot, he sent you the wrong discs.
Apple will replace the original discs typically at about $20 per disc.
Macs that shipped with Lion originally don't have 10.6 compatibility except a few listed at the bottom of:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455
If they aren't compatible with those discs, if Lion was installed, there is a way to restore Lion from the installed Lion restore partition, as mentioned on my backup page above. Macs that can't install Snow Leopard, but can install Lion do not ship with any discs, as the restore partition is already there.

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