Yes, I am experiencing the same thing.
I am also having difficulty in that I'd like to use my VISA, but the online ordering system only appears to accept a 1/2 dozen European banks. As I live in the USA, my CC is not from a European bank.
I'm also getting the error message indicated in another thread titled "Someting wrong with v-step.s purcase page":
http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php/topic,19835.0.html
I used the contact form to send information to V-Step, but that could take 3 days to get a response. And the pre-order ends today I believe. A real shame actually, as I was ordering this for my father, who just happens to be up in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, at the moment. And the bonus vessel was a fishing trawler very much like the ones they use up there, so I thought he'd like that.