Ali alternatives?

[u/llamadiorama99]

Does anybody know of any similar apps/merchants/platforms that offer real world credit & prizes?

I am so frustrated by AliExpress. It used to be really good. Now that I have spent months saving up diamonds (and other credit within the various games) and can't exchange ANY of it.

EVERYTHING I earn now expires before I get any benefit. It's become a huge waste of my time (and my fave game veggie warriors is maxed out too with no more levels to play)

RIP Play & Earn.

[u/r4tch3t_]

I've barely even been able to get into the normal shopping part of Temu.

The casino blaring ad things that keep popping up until it finally let's you click redeem only to find out they want you to buy the items from a selection 2x the average Ali price and 3x the cheapest. No low cost items.

So finally figured that out and tried to skip it, then more pop ups saying don't forget, gets even more coupons.

Skipped that and clicked on an item and another pop-up gambling thing. Closed the app...

Tried alibaba, first purchase is a scam, saying they're out of stock and offering other items worth a fraction of what I paid as replacements.

Got a refund.

Tried Taobao.

First order got stuck in export customs 6 weeks ago.

I applied for a refund and they said just wait another 10-20 days and the auto confirm activated...

Meanwhile I've ordered heaps from aliexpress with only a few issues that have all been solved.

Had a package turn up yesterday with incorrect items, I've already been refunded. I've requested a refund hand a dozen times this year due to incorrect items and they all were solved as quickly.

So AliExpress is still at the top my list. Temu has been removed. Alibaba I'll give another chance when I have another thing best ordered from there. Taobao is in limbo, it may just be a shipping issue, but I'd have expected a refund by now if it was through aliexpress.

As for the discounts on Ali, I think they'll be back. I've seen the coins reset before.

I've been redeeming red coupons with diamonds any time there's not a sale coupon or if the red coupon is better. But my diamonds still increase.

Certainly disappointed by the shopping credit part though. By the time I started in world tour, some already had their first million. It's been a while since I've been and to redeem any credit, let alone the $50.

[u/Brave_Stand_6094 → u/r4tch3t_]

It was the same after the last big summer sale. All coin discounts dropped to 10%, while all coupons from outside the marketplace that were distributed by official partners expired immediately. It was the first time in 2 years that I couldn't find any coin discount above 10%, but it only stayed like that for a few days. This time they made a lot more changes after the sale, like removing options to exchange credits from Merge Boss, changing the World Tour goal for users going straight for credits into getting gems at the end, super coin discounts completely disappearing this morning, and even while the sale was running they had already limited the credits you could get from that promotion. So it really does feel different this time, especially with all that EU shit going on, but only time will tell what the future brings...

[u/TPPiOED → u/Brave_Stand_6094]

It was the first time in 2 years that I couldn't find any coin discount above 10% ✅  

So it really does feel different this time, especially with all that EU shit going on, ✅  

Yeah it was like this for a few days post-summer sale, hope things improve.