They seemed fine in the store. So i went for a small walk to walk them in before i went for a longer walk the next day. During this walk i realised they didnt actually fit and gave me a blister so i went to return them the next day. I forgot to clean them as they were not visible dirty unless you looked at the small areas of dirt on the bottom of the boots. They are perfectly able to be re sold imo but as you say thats not really the point

They werent trashed. I only said muddy to make it clearler. They had literally been worn down the road and back.

They werent that muddy , i had just gone for a walk to walk them in and they gave me a blister, was over pavements and all the dirt could have easily been brushed off. The person was just being quite picky imo.

what would be the situation if i wanted to swap some boots for a different size but they wouldnt take them as they had mud on them. i take the old ones to the shelf , put them back and take the ones that i wanted of the right size. As i leave the alarm goes off and they follow me out and see me get into my car. Whats likely to happen? Cheers