Unable to download OS X Yosemite

Trying to download OS X Yosemite on my MacBook Pro. Currently using Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Towards the end of the download I get the following error:
If I select Retry, the error pops up again after a few mins. If I hit cancel it takes me back to App Store and asks me to login again.
Anyone else experience this? Any way I can upgrade to Mavericks first?

Had same issue as a Lion 10.7.5 user. Spent all day, finally found this and it worked for me.
SOLVED… FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A MAVRICKS LAPTOP LAYING AROUND.   (Mavricks users don't have this issue)
Thanks Doug Grassey, found solution in another thread. (Noted below)
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     From preferences, set up a new user with admin privileges.
     Log out, and back in with the new account.
     Go to app store, log in using your normal apple id
     download Yosemite. It will finish, and auto start. from doc, click on app, go to options, show in finder (it's in your app folder) "Install OS X Yosemite.app"
     Move to external drive or Flash, log back into your normal account. Done. I suggest you create "How to Make an OS X Yosemite Boot Installer USB Drive" ((http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/16/make-os-x-yosemite-boot-install-drive/))
Apple: Really…. You could not share this work around for all of us Lion users in a visible way, we have to hunt for hours. This has caused many of us a lot of grief.
Doug GrasseyOct 17, 2014 4:56 PM Re: Yosemite - Application could not be downloaded
Re: Yosemite - Application could not be downloadedin response to rbaker79
I solved the problem with the help of Apple Support. The issue was cased by a corrupt file that prevented any further attempts at downloading. Using "Accounts" under "System Preferences" I created a new temporary account. I called it "test' with administrative privileges. I logged on using that account name and successfully download Yosemite. Afterwards I deleted the temporary account and re-logged on with my original account and all was well...
Enjoy,
Mark
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