[/floatr]JS Online: Manufacturer of popular Japanese toilet trying to get a handle on demand
Sub-Zero refrigerators. Viking ranges. Bose audio systems. Now add Toto toilets to the list of brand-name fixtures that have become must-haves for fashionable homes. The Japanese-brand toilets, which range in price from about $250 to $5,200, have a reputation for clearing their bowls with one flush and never needing a plunger. Demand for the cheapest Totos has grown so quickly that interior designers, architects and builders used to waiting no more than a couple of weeks for Toto's Carusoe or Dalton models now must wait six weeks to six months. "They've created this huge demand, and I'm not sure they can fill it," said Julie Koch, owner of Elegant Additions, a Houston kitchen & bath trade show room...more...
