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Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 4, 2020
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How to request a refund on the OVO app

  • May 4, 2020
  • 66 replies
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How to request a refund on the OVO app

Updated on 16/06/26 by Ben_OVO

 

You can request a refund of some of this credit yourself through the OVO app (download for Android or iOS).

 

Step 1

 

Click the ‘Bills’ tab at the bottom of the Homepage

 

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On the ‘Bills’ page scroll to the right in the green bar and selec ‘Request a refund’.

 

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Step 2

 

You’ll be taken to this page, where you’ll be able to see your Current balance, your maximum refund amount and the minimum refund amount;

 

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You can enter your requested amount in the ‘Refund amount (£)’ box, up to a maximum of £500 (making sure there’s still at least three Direct Debit amounts remaining in credit), and select ‘Request a refund’ when you’re ready.

 

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Step 3

 

Once you’ve confirmed the amount you wish to have refunded. If successful you’ll see this confirmation page with details about that refund

 

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If not you’ll see this page,

 

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Similarly, if you’ve already requested a refund you’ll be greeted with this notice;

 

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When asking for a refund, you’ll need to have submitted actual meter readings within the last 28 days. If you haven’t submitted regular readings, you’ll see the screen below. Click on ‘send a meter reading’ and you’ll be taken to the correct page to do that. Once you’ve sent a reading, you’ll be able to request a refund. (You might need to wait 24 / 48 hours for your account balance to update before the refund can be requested).

 

 

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If you’d like more credit refunded you can contact our Support Team who can initiate refunds up to £2,000, however if the refund is over £599, we will need to check the account has been billed to smart or actual meter reads and request photos of the meter(s). 

66 replies

Rank 5
April 5, 2024

@Firedog yes I will definitely speak to someone on Monday and hopefully get this sorted. Thank you for your help.

 

 

 

 

Rank 2
May 21, 2024

I applied for a refund in April, as my account was in a huge amount of credit - while we were getting 5% interest this seemed a good idea, and OVO advised me to do it after 29th Feb.

I provided meter readings, photos of meters etc and was told it was ‘actioned’ on 10th April and would take 3-5 working days to show in my bank.

After 10 days I phoned as nothing had arrived. To cut a very long story short, the refund was ‘lost’, my account was reduced by the amount of the refund and I’ve been battling since!

I’ve provided bank statements showing that nothing has been received from OVO. I’ve ‘escalated’ by emailing Complaints, phoning and all the time I am fobbed off. 

Customer Services is based in S Africa. Standards of written, comprehensible English is dire, accents are hard to understand. I have to persevere as this is a large amount of money - and due to the fact the Website has been in ‘development’ since June 2023, I have been unable to apply for a refund that way!

I am tearing my hair out….

Firedog
Super User
Super User
May 21, 2024

That is pretty unforgivable.

In your shoes, I’d try the social media support people. They should have access to your account, and they’re usually good at sorting stuff out. You’ll need a Twitter account to do this now. There used to be a Facebook Messenger option, too, that didn’t require an account login, but that seems to have gone AWOL. Anyway, try here: 

 

Noel | I have no official status; I'm just a volunteer who comes here to help other customers. My gear: Aclara SGM 1416-B Electricity-only E7 meter; Chameleon IHD3-PPMID-AAA | It may look as if I know what I’m talking about, but don’t let that fool you. |
Rank 2
May 21, 2024

Tried that but X didn’t like it and blocked me! Suspect OVO far too grand with celebs endorsing/wembley Arena/ huge billboards.

once this is done and dusted may switch to Octopus…at least customer service in UK…

Firedog
Super User
Super User
May 21, 2024

… X didn’t like it and blocked me!

 

What happened exactly? This is a legitimate official support channel manned by OVO employees, so did you do or say something to upset X? 

Noel | I have no official status; I'm just a volunteer who comes here to help other customers. My gear: Aclara SGM 1416-B Electricity-only E7 meter; Chameleon IHD3-PPMID-AAA | It may look as if I know what I’m talking about, but don’t let that fool you. |
Rank 2
May 21, 2024

Put acc no, but no other details… not abusive or anything. 
when I went to send it said acc blocked. Unblocked it but unable to send message, however tried again and it’s gone…. Maybe they wanted my dob?…..

Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Chris_OVOAuthor
Community Manager
May 22, 2024

Hi @JoK1953

 

I previously worked on the X/Facebook team before taking a position here on the Forum. We don’t have a way to block accounts at the advisor level, so something must have gone wrong. Are you contacting the correct official account? Can you provide any screenshots of the error you’re seeing? 

 

You can find more information about our refund process at our help centre.

 

 

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Rank 2
May 22, 2024

All sorted now, thx. But refund still not sorted…. Baby steps eh! 

Shads_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
May 22, 2024

Hi @JoK1953

 

Are the Support team looking into this refund for you? Please let us know if you’re still having trouble getting this done.

 

 

Rank 2
June 1, 2024

Unbelievably this still hasn’t been paid! Last week - 22 May- I had an email indicating it was being processed (from the complaints department ) and they’d chech in 2-3 working days. Well here we are 6 working days later and no refund.

 

i don’t know what to do. Customer services are in S Africa - VERY heavily accented and hard to understand. Emails written in weird phraseology. I’m thinking of Money Claim in County Court.