Sync'd iPhone 3GS on laptop. iTunes captured tones and won't give them back!!!

Several months ago, I synced my phone and I had 4 ringtones I had purchased from the iTunes store. When the sync was finished my tones were on my iTunes under tones, on my laptop, but NOT on my phone. I believe this may have been the same sync in which I updated and got iOS 5. I thought I saw something about a possible bug. I checked out a few online forums and help discussions. I thought I understood how to get them back onto the phone. So today I tried agian and NO, Not happening. I tried everything I thought I knew to do and still, my ringtones show up on the itunes library page. I go to tones, they are there. all their little boxes are checked. I right cllick them and I have choices. I tried moving them to purchased to see if I could download them again. No luck. The only noticable difference in today's sync is that the one lonely Christmas ringtone that I purchased in December didn't go bye bye and get trapped in iTunes purgatory. Can anyone help  me? I REALLY do NOT want to re-purchase tones I have already paid for(BTW, I tried that too. But with tones it doesn't catch you like music does and tell you that you have already purchsed that tone! *sigh*)
Thanks

Try altering the tag for the ringtone: right-click on a ringtone in iTunes and select Get Info, go to the Info tab and make a slight change to the Artist, tap OK and try syncing again.  If it transfers to your phone do the same for the others.

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