10+ hours and i`m still waiting for steam to process my payment.
no emails no contact no nothing apart from confirmation that i made the order.
customer support seems to be non existant

anyone else having trouble purchasing through steam at the moment ?

Steam is not safety and for Skyrim you have to register on it. Now 35 million Steam-user's info is hacked.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/steam-truly-sorry-as-35-million-online-game-accounts-exposed-20111111-1nac0.html
http://www.fastcompany.com/1794209/amazon-buys-siri-like-yap-alaska-airlines-starts-burning-biofuel-walmart-launches-mobile-app

Yes Steam forums got hacked.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15690187