USB stick won't load

I was sold the USB stick at the apple store when I asked about upgrading from 10.5.8 to Lion.  The salesperson told me this was the way to do it in one step without having to buy snow leopard seperately.  Was I misled?  I won't install and tells me I need to install snow leopard which looks like an additional $30.  I would have downloaded the cheaper copy online if that is the case.  Is there not a way to load it straight from this stick without snow leopard?  I only have Photoshop CS4 as an additional program and can reload that if needed.

I hope you can take it back for a refund. The salesperson was mistaken about being able to use it to go from 10.5 to 10.7. The Lion USB drive is licensed to be used only with Macs already running 10.6.

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