MyRunway - Funny Odour in Boots

I purchased a pair of boot from them. When I received the boots, there is a funny odour, I am assuming that it is from the paper that was stuffed into the boots. When I called MyRunway, I was told that I must remove the paper if I want to keep the boots - logic - if the paper has a bad odour - what is going to happen when I wear the boots - are my feet going to become stinky? I said to the agent that I will going to log a return and she was very quick to tell me that I would need to pay the courier fee for the collection - you send me an item that has a funny odour and expect me to take a chance with it!!