Either one of two things is true:

1. You live in a town in Illinois, USA, which is within driving distance of the best violin dealers in the world, but also has musical instrument shops and teachers that work absolutely like no other town in the US.
2. You're wrong, and the professionals here who have taught thousands of students across the world are right.

But go ahead and buy an Amazon violin. They're great and won't have anything wrong with them and will be sturdy and it won't be scam and they will be better set up than instruments from proper dealers. I bought this one and it served my purposes:

https://www.amazon.com/ARTALL-Handmade-Student-Acoustic-Beginner/dp/B07DVV2Q3R/ref=sr\_1\_6?dchild=1&keywords=pink+violin&qid=1634243073&sr=8-6