OK thanks.
I, personally want to see the boots are used, so mud doesn't bother me, in fact it's evidence of sort.
Cleaning it, thoroughly before "presentation" seems a bit [censored]. Personally, I prefer the down to earth and casual approach. I find formality too conceited.
I'm not saying you're wrong, just illustrating how diverse expectations are of YouTube videos and it highlights where I may have been slightly off the mark a bit.
To the OP, I think with amazon's reviews, it's handy to look at the average reviews and look for repeated issues, ignoring the 1 and 5 star reviews. Unless they're mostly 1 and 2 stars, in which case I doubt you'd click on those items anyway