Movie rentals disappear several days after transferring to iPad.

I'm having a repeating problem where I rent iTunes movies on my laptop and then transfer them to my iPad but the movies disappear from the iPad after several days. They do not reappear on my laptop, nor do they show as expired. They are literally just gone without warning. This is always inside the 30 day rental period and without opening them. I'm aware of the 24-hour rule and that is not the problem. They literally just vanish.
iTunes customer service has been good about restoring credits to my account for missing movies, but they are clueless as to why it is happening. I am running the latest OS versions on my laptop (mid 2012 Mac Book Pro) and iPad 2. Everything is up to date.
The first time this happened it was curiousity; now that it's happened multiple times I am DONE with iTunes rentals until there is a solution. The tipping point was when the customer service person emailed me and suggested I use the fee-based support system to work directly with an Apple tech specialist.
Really? Are you suggesting that I should PAY YOU to fix a broken system just so to once again have the opportunity to PAY YOU to watch movies? I don't think so...
I'm a die hard Apple user/owner but the suggestion that I pay them to find a software bug...just so I then can give them more money (in the form of rentals)...ridiculous. That's what's called "adding insult to injury."
I really would like to see this resolved, but I'm switching to Amazon rentals in the mean time.
Has anyone else experienced a similar issue?

When I go to this screen it says the movie is on the right side. I apply the changes. After the sync, it says it is on the Ipad. However it is not on the ipad. I've had the Ipad2 since it came out. THis is the first time this has happened.
The Django Unchained Movie being stuck on the Ipad without seeing it on the ipad is old news. I thought I got it off. It's still on there.

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