western union doesnt give any protection to the buyer. just thought i would let people know. Western Union also states on its website :
"Never send money to a stranger using a money transfer service."
also
"Don’t use money transfer services to pay for things like online auction purchases."
I know the second one doesnt 100% relate to this, but your offering a price to buy this persons item, so its kinda the same thing.
Where i got the quotes from