I hear Ya!
I bought a larger pop rivetter from HF, that kind with two long arms, for doing 1/4" stainless rivets. This is basically a knock off of the US made rivetter called the "Big Daddy" of something like that. At around $20 vs $150, hard to pass it up. Well, managed to do two 1/4" rivets before the internal jaw clamps broke apart. Luckily, these tools have lifetime replacement coverage....so went and exchanged for a fresh one, managed to do another 6 rivets and my job was done.....