Unable to download "Not Shareable" app on their own from the App Store once Family Sharing enabled

iOS 8.0.2 iPhone 6
I finally decided to take advantage of Family Sharing and it has (unfortunately) created a few problems in trying to solve others.
Apparently there are Apps deemed "Not Shareable" (see image below).
These Apps will not appear in the Purchased list of your Shared Family member; which makes sense even though I do not understand why it is so…especially Free apps.
However, the problem is the App Store itself is also affected by the Purchased History. This results in "Free" and "Buy" buttons of all Apps (purchased previously by your family member) being replaced with download from the cloud buttons even though you have not ever purchased the app with your Apple ID.
You will then get the following error every time you try and download the "Not Shareable" App from the App Store directly (as an independent purchase):
In other words, for example, the Amazon App is a free app but it is labeled "Not Shareable." Fine, I would like to buy it on it's own with a my Apple ID from the App Store (independently of whatever my family members bought). I cannot! I will get the above error every time. A work around is using a desktop and iTunes but it didn't work the first time…so keep trying. And Apple, please help/fix ASAP!

Thanks for the responses. I actually ended up turning off Family Sharing because I found this to be really annoying, and for other reasons. I was able to download Uber for my wife from iTunes on her PC laptop with Automatic App Downloads turned on on her iPhone.
The other problem I'm having, and the reason I switched off Family Sharing, is with store credit. I have a lot of gift card credit on my account, but when my family makes purchases, the gift card credit is not deducted first before charging my card. Not sure if there is a way to change that but I couldn't figure it out.

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