My phone was killed by your update. AGAIN! It is now inoperable and stuck on recovery mode. WTH?

My phone was killed by your update.  AGAIN!  Last time I had to deal with discourteous, uneducated, unhelpful, and downright rude customer service reps (who, by the way, seemed to ignore the fact that I had set up an appointment).  Once the issue was finally acknowledged, I had to erase all content in my phone.  I could have done that on my own.  This time, the update has made my phone completely inoperable, so I can't even call or be called by Apple support?!  This is absolutely unacceptable.  I can't just have my only phone cease to work every time you feel like killing it. 
It's stuck in the "connect to iTunes" screen with an image of a USB cable pointing at an iTunes logo. 
Error message no. 14
I have tried all possible recommended solutions from all help sites.  I have removed all usb connections, except the iPhone.  I have updated iTunes and Windows 7 completely, and restarted my computer.  I have tried restoring it from another computer, which seemed to work, except for when I plugged it into my computer and asked it to load all of my software/media, it died again. 

Yeah, I was a little upset when I wrote that, and I had copied and pasted it into this discussion board without really looking at who it was directed to.  It's upsetting.  And I absolutely refuse to go to the Apple store for help.  They are incredibly rude.  Besides I can't make an appontment without my phone. . .

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