Well, just got back from curry's.
Got a deal... 1600 spin Ariston which was strangely similar in terms of all the mouldings and the drum and whatnot to the hotpoint next to it. The hotpoint 1600 was £549, the ariston (which I think is actually supposed to be the "high-end" make of the two) was £349. It's some sort of run-out on the model, because the 1400 spin ariston (ie the model down) is up for £499.
So, we'll see...