Collecting servers spend a lot of time asking what a copy is going for. The CresvaMent bot answers in the channel: current eBay asking prices for tracked retro games, split into loose cartridges, complete-in-box and sealed.
/price earthbound
In a retro collecting server the price question is rarely just "what is it worth".
It is "what is a loose cart worth, and how much more for the box and manual". The
bot answers both at once: /price reports Loose, CIB (complete in box)
and Sealed as separate medians, so the gap between them is right there in the reply.
Sealed copies of many retro games barely come up for sale, so the bot only shows a condition when there are listings behind it, and it prints the sample size under every median. A CIB median from six listings is a rough guide; a loose median from forty is a solid read of what sellers want.
Before a trade, /history shows whether asking prices for a game have been
climbing or sliding over the last 30, 90 or 180 days. For a listing someone posts,
/check flags reproductions, box-only and manual-only listings and sellers
with weak feedback, using the same rules as our
eBay listing checker.
Remember what these numbers are: asking prices on current eBay listings, which usually sit above what copies actually sell for. They tell you what you'd pay to buy one today, not what you'd get selling one.
Item names autocomplete as you type, so you don't need the exact spelling.
/price earthbound
EarthBound (SNES): Loose against CIB, so you can see what the box and manual add./history item: pokemon crystal days: 90
Pokemon Crystal (Game Boy Color): Three months of asking prices before you buy or list./compare item1: ocarina of time item2: ocarina of time gold
Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64): Grey cart against the gold cart, median against median./deals super mario rpg
Super Mario RPG (SNES): The five newest copies that passed the repro and box-only filters./movers
Which tracked games moved most in 90 days, up and down.| Command | What it replies with |
|---|---|
/price <item> | Median, P25 and P75 asking price for each condition (Loose, CIB and Sealed for games; New, Refurbished and Used for PC parts and computers), the sample size behind each, and the 90-day trend of the condition with the most listings. Buttons to track the item and open its deal page. |
/deals <item> | The 5 most recent eBay listings that passed the item's filters, with price, condition and a link. |
/history <item> [days] | Median asking-price trend over 30, 90 or 180 days, drawn as a sparkline. |
/compare <item1> <item2> | Two items side by side, median against median. |
/browse [category] | What is tracked, by category: PC parts, Macs, laptops & PCs and video games. Pick a category to list every item in it. |
/movers | The biggest 90-day asking-price moves, up and down, across all tracked items. |
/check <ebay url or item id> | Red-flag check of a single eBay listing: box-only, for-parts, reproductions, laptop GPUs, weak seller feedback. Same engine as the web listing checker. |
/help | The command list. |
/about | What CresvaMent is, plus the link to add the bot to another server. |
/price and the item's deal page show the same figures.
Asking prices, not sold prices. Every number the bot shows is what sellers are asking on eBay, not what buyers paid. Asking prices usually run above sale prices. Use them as a reference and check eBay's sold listings before you pay.
bot and applications.commands scopes with permissions set to 0. Slash-command replies don't need any channel permission.Two ways in. Add to a server puts the commands in front of everyone there, if you can manage that server. Add to your account needs no admin: the commands follow you into any server and your DMs. In a server that doesn't allow external apps, Discord shows those replies only to you.
/ in any channel and pick a CresvaMent command. The first time, Discord can take a little while (occasionally up to an hour) to show a new app's commands.Questions, bugs or an item you want tracked? Join the CresvaMent Discord server and ask in #support. You can try every command there too.
The bot only answers commands; it won't post alerts. For alerts on your own searches, create a CresvaMent tracker with your keywords, exclusions, price range and condition, and turn on Discord webhook notifications for a channel you choose. The free plan covers one profile with delayed notifications; paid plans ping within about a minute. The setup is walked through in how to get Discord notifications for new eBay listings.
See how alerts work →Every item the bot can price has a deal page with the same figures, the live listings and a buying guide.