I’m the same.
Vote with your wallet.
They think they have the right to tell people what they can do with their own money.
**** em.
Co op Bank blocking payments to firearms dealers.
- Thread starter Shrike
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Vote with your wallet.
They think they have the right to tell people what they can do with their own money.
**** em.
Len the dog
Well-Known Member
The Co-op flatly refuses to stock any product containing game meat, it will be a cold day in hell before I set foot in one of their stores or use any of their other business products.
BASC are working really hard on finding a solution for shops and clubs/syndicates. Not much they can do about how private individuals bank acts, as crazy as Co Op are…
Weren’t they the guys run by a crack smoking Vicar? (Co op not BASC)
Conor O'Gorman
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Thanks for flagging this. I will contact @Shrike by PM
As regards Co-op Bank its ethical policy is here:
This states that "We will not provide banking services to any business or organisation that infringes animal welfare standards via...., blood sports (e.g. the use of animals or birds in sport to catch, fight or kill each other)....."
That policy does not cover shooting, ie. it is not a breach of their policy to have a Co-op bank account to run a shooting related business or to use your personal Co-op account to make shooting related transactions.
Surely if they are refusing banking services to law abiding businesses and organisations then they are prejudiced against them?
If they were refusing services to businesses owned by black people or gay people there would be hell to pay!
But no….it’s ok to be prejudiced against people, based solely upon their hobbies and interests.
Conor O'Gorman
Well-Known Member
The banks do need to be more accountable for their decisions, and we are not the only sector affected, and this the focus of the FCA banking services review that started last year, and that BASC has been submitting evidence to.
tim@tcs
Well-Known Member
The problem is ESG and the government wanting every business to have policies. Damned if they do etc!
Howa 1500 24" .308 in mdt field stock. First deer stalking rifle. Only been on foxes and rabbits up to now.
Good value, I have a 22-250 howa already and get on with it well just dislike the hogue stock. this will do the job nicely!
Exact the response I'd expect fae a Fife Constabulary Polis, that sort of behaviour is in the training
before you do speak to them have a read of this as they are breaking another of there policy,
www.coop.co.uk
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PayPal can be a bit awkward too, re firearms / products.
I'd have transferred my balance and closed the account in the same phone call. There's enough banks out there, as well as the likes of Revolut etc.
Bought a gun using my watch and the guy remarked at how easy it was a dangerous to potentially spend large sums without really realising. I think I made a comment that you wouldn't want to wear such tech in a strip joint
Bought a gun using my watch and the guy remarked at how easy it was a dangerous to potentially spend large sums without really realising. I think I made a comment that you wouldn't want to wear such tech in a strip joint
sikamalc
Administrator
Withdraw all your funds from Co Op and put it somewhere else. Or withdraw the cash and pay for it that way.
Banks, they are a law unto themselves, boils my p.ss. Wasnt it the CEO of the Co Op involved with some kind of scandal some years back?
Use cash, it beats any bit of plastic.
Banks, they are a law unto themselves, boils my p.ss. Wasnt it the CEO of the Co Op involved with some kind of scandal some years back?
Use cash, it beats any bit of plastic.
Bo Diddley
Well-Known Member
Perfectly said ^^^^.
Unfortunately, we are sleepwalking into a cashless society. And when it eventually arrives in the form of a Central Bank Digital Currency the government will have the ability to control your spending like never before, and they will know your every move
That last bit is already true, ANPR cameras , Mobile phone masts, some apps on mobiles.Perfectly said ^^^^.
Unfortunately, we are sleepwalking into a cashless society. And when it eventually arrives in the form of a Central Bank Digital Currency the government will have the ability to control your spending like never before, and they will know your every move
When you deposit money in a bank, it becomes the banks property. Not yours.
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