Current the s23+ is listed at $750 on the Samsung Shop mobile app. Various trade ins are listed at $200, but if applied yield a total of $600 for the phone… the way they justify this is that because the phone is originally $1000, and it’s being discounted by 25%, they take $200 off of the original price of the phone before applying the discount. I.e. ($1000-$200)*0.75=$600. So your trade in is really only valued at $150 by Samsung.
In my opinion it’s shady to advertise the $750 price (after the discount) but NOT advertise the trade in value after the discount.
This is the new Samsung. Their shady/false discount advertising and price change in cart has been going on since the launch of the S23. That’s why I, and many others that normally upgrade every year, didn’t. I’m still suffering with my S22u. At this point, I’ll see what trades are like for upcoming s24u. If they suck, it may be time to move away from Samsung finally.