“There are no android phones associated with this account.” I recently bought an eLocity A7 Internet Tablet. I'm unable to download any apps from the Android Market, even though I have a Google account. I keep getting the reason, “There are no android phones associated with this account.”

One fix I've heard of is to get a gmail account and hook up your Android phone number to it, then it will be associated with the account. But the eLocity tablet is not a phone. 

Another fix has to do with installing the Android Market apk file, which brings a user to the Android Market. Signing in will associate the device with the account. But I haven't found a reputable link from which to download the app. 

Any other ideas?
In short, you have a non-Google-approved device.  That's why there are no Google apps on it.  And you can't download from the Market unless you have the Market installed on your device.

There are ways to get the Market on your device anyways, though.  (See this question).  However, none of those ways will have a "reputable link" for you to download.  You're going outside Google and possibly the law, depending on your jurisdiction.