Going to a ‘perceived low price’ overseas company to get a is being ‘penny wise and hour foolish.’ If you look at the unit price, it appears to be a deal — $10 versus $25 per hour; of course the $10 is better right? Not necessarily. When you take the monthly cost into account, you soon discover that the language barriers, the time difference, and the lack of cultural understanding amount to an expenditure of your time that wasn’t there before. Additionally, you miss out on the tacit knowledge (aka intuitiveness) of your virtual assistant, which a homegrown VA can provide. What appears to be a deal, isn’t really the deal you thought it was.