Originally Posted by
Chinatrvl
BTW, the end of the story is that it was impossible to buy a washlet on the spot. Even in Lotte Marts or at Samsung Shops these things are to order only (which warrants the question why there are brick-and-mortar stores at all anymore).
Are you sure it was 'order only'? It also may have been the model you were trying to buy. When you buy a nicer one, they usually send someone to your house to install it for you. It may have been lost in translation, as I have been personally able to carry one away from a Lotte Mart before.