App store purchases won't transfer

I've seen this issue crop up on other message boards, but have yet to find a solution...
Basically, I've purchased a bunch of apps through the app store on my 2G iPod Touch (8GB, 3.1.2). Anytime I connect the iPod to my computer (iMac, 3.06GHz Intel running 10.6.2) the sync appears to go normally: the progress bar says it is "Transferring Purchases" and names every app that I've bought, and appears to successfully back them all up. I get no error messages. The issue is that, after the sync is complete, there are no Applications in the iTunes library; the Applications tab for the iPod also contains no apps. I've tried using the "Transfer Purchases" command in the file menu, tried right clicking on the device to Transfer Purchases, tried deleting the back-up on my iTunes and then backing up again, even tried reinstalling iTunes. The only thing I haven't done is restore the iPod, which I don't want to do because it will erase all the apps and their data.
So, any ideas?

Zgreen wrote:
My iTunes and touch are on the same account; when I download apps through iTunes they do show up in the applications tab, *and can be removed and put back on the touch as normal.* I've tried this with a few apps and it works fine every time. I'd just rather not re-download everything I have on there, and some of the apps have their own particular data which I do not want to lose.
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