IPod Touch lost it's sync'd apps

Hi - I tried Syncing Applications for the first time today using iTunes 9.0, and it has not worked - I am so p*** with this flawed software.
Firstly - only about 30% of my applications now exist on my iPod - which means I have to go through and re-install all of the other apps. I did have around 8-9 pages of installed apps (5 pages of purchase history on my iTunes account) - and now I have around 2 pages and it's moved them all about and put them in the wrong place.
Secondly - Of those that exist - iTunes appears to have uninstalled them, then re-installed them again - which means ALL of my saved games and history of data stored against these apps is completely and permanently lost. What the heck were Apple thinking when they wrote this piece of crap? So far, any free ones (e.g. Tap Tap Revenge 2.6) I have attempted to reinstall do not work and were working fine beforehand - co-incidence? I think not...
Thirdly - And most annoyingly - When I attempt to re-install the apps again, instead of stating "You have already purchased this, please click to re-install" like it should do - for every app, it is asking me to buy it again - which I am definitely not going to do.
I have purchase history in my account to prove I have purchased these before.
This software is seriously flawed in every aspect - I cannot tell you how angry I am that Apple have completely screwed my iPod touch - a day before I travel abroad and need to use it.
And I tried that deauthorise and reauthorise my iTunes account and it didn't work. Neither does Backing up and Restoring because before it sync'd (screwed) my apps, it made a backup overwriting my perfectly good one with a crap one...
Excuse the emotion but I expect far better from Apple... Just not good enough I am afraid
I have emailed them but don't expect much in the way of help - just wondering if anyone had had similar experiences and could offer any help
thanks!

Yup, I got the exact same thing just now. Incredibly annoying. No, "annoying" doesn't quite cover it. Is there anything that can be done to fix this!??? I don't want to repurchase all those apps again

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