Hi @Mrs-KO ,

If you have Smart Meters, you can use the UTRN Code to manually punch in the top-up even if there’s no connection. It’s on the receipt!

Hey! 
I’ve not been sent a vend code! App says transaction unsuccessful! However multiple payments have been taken! 

Hey @Mrs-KO,

Sorry for the issues you’ve had,

You should be able to find your top up number on the App. An OVO payg top up number will start with 9826 and have 19 digits.

Is there a contact number for ANYONE today please,, had no gas since Friday and can’t top up still cos of the switch I have 4 children one of whom NEEDS to clean him self !!!! It’s now 5:30 pm and still no heating or water !!! 
   

It may be too late now but this is on another thread:

Weekend contact is not good but they do have their social media channels (if you use those) and they do tend to be answered at the weekend. You’ll need to direct message of course

Twitter  -  https://twitter.com/OVOEnergy

Facebook  -  https://www.facebook.com/ovoenergy

I'm having exactly the same issue. I've had an engineer out and I still don't have gas.  I've got a new meter and finally shows the 74p of emergency credit I have left. But it will not accept any payments. I've spent about £90 just trying to top up.  Money has come out of my account but no flipping gas.  What is the answer. This switch has been a nightmare 

Hey @emmafoster371,

Really sorry to hear this, 

Please contact our Pay As You Go Support Team on 0330 175 9669 they are open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 2pm on Saturday. If you are off supply they should be able to arrange another emergency appointment. 

Hope this helps. 

The duplicate transactions will drop automatically. Ignore them

Hi, since Saturday I have been trying to top up my gas smart meter, unfortunately without success, at the end of the transaction process a failure message is displayed.
Yesterday there was a message about website maintenance, but today it is gone and another top-up attempt failed.

Please contact OVO Support directly about this on 0330 175 9669 or Live Chat via https://ovoenergy.com/help .

You might want to consider switching over to Pay Monthly to avoid this problem in future.

Did your money come back in? 
same thing happened to me , says declined to both payments on app but it’s still pending on my bank and I paid on Thursday. 
 

want to know what’s going to happen with my money! 

If the transaction failed, it’s refunded automatically. Banks just tend to be pretty slow about it. You WILL get your money back, but OVO cannot speed it up - you’ll just have to wait for the transaction to drop out of pending and release the funds.

Hey @Twinkle21,

Has the payment been refunded?

Over the weekend, at one point, the paypoint top up system was down for scheduled maintenance, so this issue may have affected some customers. 

This tutorial may be helpful to you:

I still haven’t been refunded and that doesn’t help as for one I don’t have a receipt it just says declined then when I click on it it says there’s been an error etc. 

it’s very frustrating as I have money just sat in my bank pending and ovo say they can’t help and the bank say you have to wait for the payment to be cleared or you as the supplier to cancel the payment but ovo can’t. 

I top up my gas and electricity each with £30 today and was declined, but my money was take from my bank account. What happened?

Hey @Ludmila,

I’m sorry to hear this,

If the payment has failed it will be returned to your bank. The following topics may help:

If you’re still having top up issues I'd advise getting in touch with the support team. 

How to get in contact about my OVO Pay As You Go account

• The best way to get in touch with us is via chat here. Just click the green chat icon on the bottom right of your screen. We’re here to help anytime from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 2pm on Saturday.
• Or call us on 0330 175 9669 during the same times.

Anyone ever topped up both gas and electric on pay as you go smart meter app, declined payment but still took money out of your bank? Bit annoyed as i put £50 on each.

Hi @ShellyF ,

If you got a top-up failure in the app, you WILL be refunded in full immediately. However, it can take up to five working days for the bank to catch up and release the hold on the funds. Blame the banks for being slow!

Oh on brill thanks for the reply 

Hi @ShellyF,

It looks like @Blastoise186 has this one covered! 

I wanted to share an additional topic on our help centre which would help you. Following this link will show you all the different ways of topping up in case this happens again, and you need access to top up.

Hi

I went to top up this morning with the online top up app but it's declined payment twice and when I went and checked my online banking it gas taken one payment of £20. It's in the pending list, will it go through if so when will I get a refund? 

Many Thanks 

Lorraine Stephens

It'll either drop from Pending and get cancelled, or you'll be automatically refunded later, usually within 7 days. 

Hey @Lorraine48 

Sorry to hear about this, but I’m glad to see Blastoise186 has stopped by to help out already.

Did you manage to get this sorted? Let us know if you’re still having any trouble.

Last Friday I did an electricity topup before a short break. I got back to find it hasn't been applied. I have had an email receiptand the cash went out straight away. About to go on emergency credit. The app displayed a message saying this is a known problem and Ovo are trying to fix it, but no timescale or real information.

 The chatbot was useless (aren't they all?) and I got cut off before I could reach a human. I've emailed but response says it could be 48 hours or more to get a reply.

Is there any official information on this…  with all the supermarket hacks I'm worried this is one and my supply could run out.