Do not trust iTunes with syncing contacts

My iMac (core duo) with OSX 10.6.8 lost my contacts when I tried to disable spotlight. Also, it left me with only 17 contacts from the original 589. I would like to rebuild Address Book on the Mac with the contacts on my iPad. I fear syncing will in iTunes will end up with the OSX taking priority and wiping the contacts on the iPad copying over the iPad contacts with the 17 on the Mac. Alternative for iTunes? Or settings to look for???

Look at Federal Trade Commission website and see if their complaint process can help you at all.  I too am veteran and have been with Verizon for 10 consecutive years - no real alternative where I live and travel. Former neighbor owned the local phone, cable TV and DSL ISP until he retired and sold them to another small, local company.  He always said to complain to FTC and FCC about cell phone (then, only Verizon's) customer service operations - that they behave only as a retailer, not a service industry and definitely not as a responsible utility company.

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