Syncing contacts creates duplicates

I would be grateful for any help. I don't sync my iPhone 3GS as often as I would like because when I do, I end up with all my contacts being duplicated. What I want is for all new/edited/deleted entries on my PC to be appropriately adjusted on my iPhone, and all new/edited/deleted items on my iPhone to be appropriately adjusted on my PC. (It would be even better if it asked which version is the correct one.)
When I sync, my entire contacts list ends up being duplicated, so I have 2 of almost everything.
I don't understand the collected Contacts concept. At one point my collected contacts was a 90% duplicate of my Contacts folder.
I am clearly doing something wrong. If anybody can help, that would be awesome.
Thanks!

I am using Outlook 2007 on my PC.
I am not using Mobile Me; rather I am running the sync on my PC using iTunes. The duplicates were on both my iPhone and my computer, but they didn't always appear to be identical. It is somewhat complicated by the fact that I use Plaxo to update my contacts folder(s) on my PC.
I worked with Plaxo to combine all contacts folders, and then I went through each item and deleted all duplicates. Then I synced with my phone, and finally got it down to one unduplicated list. This was tedious, since I have over 1,000 contacts.
Now I am getting ready to sync, and I am not sure what to check on the sync menu. It asks whether I want contacts added on the phone synced to my Collected Contacts folder. Why add it to a separate folder instead of my main contacts folder? Does this add a separate item that you then use to update the main folder?
Thank you and sorry for all the questions.

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I am not using Mobile Me; rather I am running the sync on my PC using iTunes. The duplicates were on both my iPhone and my computer, but they didn't always appear to be identical. It is somewhat complicated by the fact that I use Plaxo to update my contacts folder(s) on my PC.
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