That's not a good reason to skip over them. Unless you expect multiple Heartbleed-severity bugs to be exposed in two years you are still way ahead. Just don't lose your private key.
You actually only need a single one to make it cheaper to go elsewhere, they charged $25/revocation, which brings the price up to $85 which no longer makes them the most cost effective.
Heck for $99 you can buy a Comodo "EssentialSSL" wildcard, which grants you unlimited re-issue (plus you don't have to deal with StartSSL's terrible UI):
Heck for $99 you can buy a Comodo "EssentialSSL" wildcard, which grants you unlimited re-issue (plus you don't have to deal with StartSSL's terrible UI):
https://comodosslstore.com/essentialssl-wildcard.aspx