Staleness negates any variation in roast.
Do you know when your beans were roasted? Mine were roasted on December 7, 2005. And they will be gone less than 2 weeks after that.
Believe me, I have tried many different types of coffee. There is a huge difference in taste between different roast styles. Try some other ones out, or are you afraid you might like something else better?
My Starbucks beans are less than a week old. What makes your beans different or better? I have tried beans from everywhere and still prefer Starbucks. It is my experience on various forums (like this) that the subject of Starbucks hits a ploitical chord in people and people (like passive Hank) have issues that are more political than having issues about bean quality. It is all very amusing for me.