My ipad 2 is continually losing the contacts

I have an ipad 2. I have continually lost my contacts. I will enter new contacts during the course of my work day. It will hold them for about 2 and1/2 day and then is I don't sy1nc' they will be gone. I recieved a ipad 2 inthe first week of August. I was doing the same thing. I took it back and got a new one. This one does the same thing. I have been on the phone with tech support, nothing has worked.I thought it was something I was doing. Now it think it is a glich in the software in the ipad. Can you please help.
Millicentslt

Millicentslt-
Although others here have mentioned  the same problem, many people have iPads and do not lose their contacts.  I received my iPad 1 over a year ago, and now have the iPad 2.  Neither has lost any.
One difference may be how you get the contacts into the iPad.  Mine were automatically transferred from my Macintosh Address Book.  Are yours synced with an equivalent contact list or address book on your computer?  If not, then that may be a clue.
I assume you occasionally sync the iPad with your computer, which should include a backup.  When your contacts disappear, do they come back if you sync with the computer?  What about if you use iTunes to restore from the computer?
Someone else mentioned that they had tried adding a dummy contact and then doing a search for it.  They claimed the search found the dummy contact, and made all the others re-appear.  You might try that, as well as searching for one of the missing contacts.
Fred

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