I appreciate you joining the thread and performing workarounds on your end, @HiltonWiggins.  

I understand that the software needs to be able to update item prices when creating a bill. I'm with you on this. Let me lay out some insights and alternative option.

QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online (QBO) are two separate tools, each offering unique features to meet the needs of business owners. I encourage submitting a feature request to our product engineers about seamless updating of item prices. This way, your experience will highlight where the software needs to improve.

1. In your QBO account, go to the Gear icon.
2. Select Feedback.
3. Enter your comments or product suggestions.

Alternatively, I suggest using the pre-fill option to fit in with weekly price changes. Although this feature doesn't update item prices, it enables you to automatically fill item amounts and other fields of the form based on the last saved transaction for that vendor. Make sure to have the feature enabled first.  

1. Go to the Gear icon.
2. Select Account and settings.
3. Click on Advance.
4. Ensure that the Pre-fill forms with previously entered content option is toggled-on.

Once enabled, click on "Yes" when prompted after selecting a vendor with previously entered data: 

I'm including these articles as references for managing bills, expenses, and to get started with class and inventory location tracking in QBO:

• Enter and manage expenses in QuickBooks Online
• Get started with class tracking in QuickBooks Online

We're always here should you have further concerns about entering bills in QBO. Take care.