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diff --git a/SL/PriceSource.pm b/SL/PriceSource.pm
index 8df73ce45..ae0017c36 100644
--- a/SL/PriceSource.pm
+++ b/SL/PriceSource.pm
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Which one is the "best"?
 
 =head1 GUARANTEES
 
-To ensure price source prices are comprehensible and reproucible, some
+To ensure price source prices are comprehensible and reproducible, some
 invariants are guaranteed:
 
 =over 4
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ when no record is available, such as calculation the worth of assembly rows.
 A possible solution is to either split price sources into simple and complex
 ones (where the former do not require records).
 
-Another would be to have default values for the inpout normally taken from
+Another would be to have default values for the input normally taken from
 records (like qty defaulting to 1).
 
 A last one would be to provide an alternative input channel for needed
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ properties.
 =item *
 
 Discount sources were implemented as a copy of the prices with slightly
-different semantics. Need to do a real design. A requirement is, that a sinle
+different semantics. Need to do a real design. A requirement is, that a single
 source can provide both prices and discounts (needed for price_rules).
 
 =item *
@@ -280,8 +280,37 @@ benefits from sales, or general ALLOW, DENY order calculation.
 
 =item *
 
-Composing price sources are disallowed for clarity, but all price sources need
-to be aware of units. This is madness.
+Composing price sources is disallowed for clarity, but all price sources need
+to be aware of units and price_factors. This is madness.
+
+=item *
+
+A common complaint is that prices from certain vendors are always negotiated
+and should use a default value but must be editable (like free prices) by
+default. This should be orthogonal for all prices.
+
+=item *
+
+The current implementation of lastcost is useless. Since it's one of the
+master_data prices it will always compete with listprice. But in real scenarios
+the listprice tends to go up, while lastcost stays the same, so lastcost
+usually wins. Lastcost could be lower priority, but a better design would be
+nice.
+
+=item *
+
+Guarantee 1 states that price sources will never change prices on their own.
+Further testing in the wild has shown that this is desirable within a record,
+but not when copying items from one record to another within a workflow.
+
+Specifically when changing from sales to purchase records prices don't make
+sense anymore. The guarantees should be updated to reflect this and
+transposition guidelines should be documented.
+
+=item *
+
+Prices were originally planned as a context element rather than a modal popup.
+It would be great to have this now with better framework.
 
 =back