Tried to erase OS X Yosemite on 2011 Macbook Pro, can't reinstall any OS

Hi there
I have a 2011 13" Macbook Pro which was running OS Yosemite. I just tried to erase the hard drive, following the instructions here:
OS X Yosemite: Erase and reinstall OS X
However, when I got to this step:
Select Reinstall OS X, click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions.
It couldn't find any OS to reinstall, and said to contact Apple Care, which, unluckily for me, has run out. The screen is currently stuck on showing a ( / ) symbol.
Could anyone please advise what to do from here? Thanks a million!

If you literally wiped your hard drive as part of this adventure, and if the machine originally shipped with Snow Leopard, you will need to do one of the following:
Reinstall from the original disks that shipped with the machine, and upgrade to OS X 10.6.8 and all software updates
Purchase an OS X 10.6.3 retail disk from the Apple Online Store, then perform software updates until no more are available to get to 10.6.8.
Once you have 10.6.8 fully updated on your MBP, then via the Apple Online Store you can purchase an upgrade (content code for OS X App Store) to Lion, or Mountain Lion. Mavericks is not available. If you just want to reinstall Yosemite, you can obtain the upgrade from the OS X App Store application in your 10.6.8 Dock.
Understand that any downloadable OS X installer will self-remove after the installation. You may wish to copy the installer to an external drive before updating Snow Leopard to newer OS X releases.
Once you have sorted the above, perform a full external backup of your OS X installation.

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