Wells Fargo won't do business with Hogue cuz they make knives

[Kraven251]

If I find out any of you owned any "weapons" I'd have to avoid doing business with you guys.

Good thing I only own tools.

[SamuraiCO]

More to come if Hillary is elected.

[Mazin]

F Wells Fargo

[Brian]

Love or hate them, this is not a WF policy. As mentioned above, likely something else is going on here that Hogue doesn't feel like sharing, or someone locally/regionally has done a bad job communicating a local decision. It'll get resolved.
Lots of firearms/weapons companies use WF.

[sellersm]

Love or hate them, this is not a WF policy. As mentioned above, likely something else is going on here that Hogue doesn't feel like sharing, or someone locally/regionally has done a bad job communicating a local decision. It'll get resolved.
Lots of firearms/weapons companies use WF.

Possibly. However, in the past 2 weeks, I've gotten emails from small companies that are involved in the firearms industry (components, accessories, etc.) and they all have had to immediately switch their payment processing company because they've been "cancelled" due their affiliation with the firearms industry. And just because companies have done something in the past, "company xx has been using WF for years now", I don't expect it to continue for very long... But time will tell.

Sorry, but my personal opinion is that this is the beginning of a trend... Look at history, it's repeating in front of us. I hope and pray that I'm wrong, but I highly doubt it.

[spqrzilla]

I have so many Wells Fargo stories .... Just yesterday, I was talking to a woman who was trying to use a small estate affidavit to get possession of her deceased husband's checking account and was illegally refused by Wells Fargo. If someone calls me with a problem with a bank, I say "It was Wells Fargo wasn't it?" Only wrong once ...

[Brian]

Possibly. However, in the past 2 weeks, I've gotten emails from small companies that are involved in the firearms industry (components, accessories, etc.) and they all have had to immediately switch their payment processing company because they've been "cancelled" due their affiliation with the firearms industry. And just because companies have done something in the past, "company xx has been using WF for years now", I don't expect it to continue for very long... But time will tell.

Sorry, but my personal opinion is that this is the beginning of a trend... Look at history, it's repeating in front of us. I hope and pray that I'm wrong, but I highly doubt it.

Won't argue with you there. Credit card processing for those of us connected to the firearms business in general is pretty rocky. I've had to change card processors 3 times now in the last 2-3 years, due to policy changes or firearms-related issues. Those that do "support" firearms businesses have additional restrictions on how/when you're allowed to handle gun transactions. Operation "Choke Point" proved the pressure was real and not an imagined problem, and I doubt we've heard the last of it.
http://www.nssfblog.com/fdic-reverse...n-choke-point/

Regardless of Wells Fargo policy, it's good to see these types of issues get rapid attention in the press and social media, so it's obvious any immediate issues will become public quickly. At least it makes it hard for companies to hide if they're trying a "soft" ban on firearms business.