SteelCheck runs the same five checks on every seller: (1) registered legal entity — an active state filing matching the invoice name and wire payee; (2) physical yard verified — the published address satellites to staged equipment; (3) phone answered — a human answers the published line in business hours; (4) published inventory and pricing — photographed units with real prices and a proof video on request; (5) written buyer protection — a published return window or guarantee, not a verbal promise.
Verdicts: PASS means all five checks verified. VERIFIED means the core identity checks passed with minor gaps noted in the report. CAUTION means one or more checks could not be verified — a documented verification gap, not an accusation. Every report is dated, buyer reports are screened before publication, and we do not publish paid placements.