You still think it's better to send $450 one day and receive $370 the next one? What kind of company will afford to have those risk and volatility. No sane person will accept a transfer in Bitcoin, plus they won't be able to cash it anywhere, that's why Western Union is successful. I don't understand how this thread keeps going and going, there's no real research done. Go and open your own Bitcoin transfer company and see if you can keep up with 0 fees.
The only insane i see here is you,bitcoin can be converted at the same time of the transaction,the goal at bitcoin is we community buy and sell between us,that happen at exchanges,but to take it out to real world to get fiat well for me still being easy and fast i contact the person and he says how much he will pay based on the value of bitcoin on that time,soo i dont see what you see sorry.
You don't see that the thread is comparing apples to oranges. In order to provide the same service (fiat, cash in a window) a company using Bitcoin will be exposed to the same problems if not more compared to WU. That's why the service doesn't exists yet, because it's not profitable. I've received a transfer from Western Union some weeks ago, it was $200 USD, they charged the sender less than $10. I got two bills of $100 each in my hand.
Just do your math and see if the same procedure can be done via Bitcoin but cheaper. If you can find a way then you will become a millionaire and kick WU out of business.
