In general, the sponsors of Scubaboard are generally trustworthy. I think Scuba.com has an ad up there...but I don't know how active they are on the board. Scubatoys is active there, as are af ew other companies, such as Scuba123.com. If you find them on SB (which isn't hard, look in the "Hot Deals" section, usually they'll have a post up) you can PM them and often they'll bend over backwards just like ST will, to make sure you are pleased.
I try not to buy from companies that I cannot contact through SB
