Ringtones lost when syncing with computer

Hi,
I have an iPhone 3GS, and purchased a ringtone through iTunes on the phone so I could have a Christmas ringtone. When I synched the phone with iTunes on the computer, the ringtone transferred, but it was deleted from the phone. Now it's on my computer in iTunes, but when I try to sync to get it back onto the phone, it says I am "unauthorized to use on this computer." Ehhh???? I don't care if it's on the computer, I just want it back on the phone and how to prevent that in the future. Thanks so much!

Make sure you log in with the same iTunes Store account used to purchase the ringtone on your iPhone on the computer.
Then select the Store menu and then Authorize Computer. You may have to DeAuthorize Computer and then Authorize Computer. Then sync again and it should work.

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