A wedding photographer named Katie discovered a major problem on a wedding day when she opened a package of film she had ordered from Amazon. The video shows her opening white plastic film canisters to find small rocks inside instead of the expected rolls of film.
Katie, whose TikTok handle is @kdhuntphotographyllc, filmed her live reaction to the discovery. On-screen text in the video reads, “live reaction on discovering on a wedding day that the $250 worth of film I ordered off Amazon was filled with rocks.” In the clip, Katie holds a pink tumbler and says to her second photographer, “You gave me a rocks. Those came from that box, bro.”
She then opens a canister, looks inside, and says, “If this whole thing is rocks, I am going to lose my mind.” The second photographer asks, “Are they all rocks?” Katie replies, “Katie, no, they’re not. No, they’re not. I was just talking about they never sell Portra 400 on Amazon.”
Photographer expresses frustration and checks remaining supplies
Katie expresses her shock in the video, saying, “I am screaming. I need to go review right now. It’s not funny.” The second photographer asks, “Who was the buyer or who was the seller?” Katie responds, “I don’t know. And return them. Yeah, I’m sure all of them are rocks. That’s jacked up.”
She then checks her bag and says, “Okay, so I have film. Is this all you have?” The second photographer replies, “I’ve got, I’ve got some more, but I might have— I’ll probably have enough, but I am dead.” Katie finds another canister and says, “Oh, here’s my— here’s some more rocks. They’re probably— I guarantee they’re all rocks.”
The second photographer jokes in the video, “I lowkey thought your— when you freaked out, I lowkey thought you were going to say, yeah, my boys stole my film and put rocks in it.” Katie clarifies, “No, this was— I just opened that clear package. I’m so sorry. That’s awful, Katie. That’s awful.”
Katie examines the packaging and says, “How did they— I guess they just used an old But it was sealed like a normal— that is so jacked up. Imagine that’s all you had though and you showed up to a wedding. Oh my god. Now fear unlocked. Literally always check your film. Wow, my flabbers are gassed. That’s literally insane. I actually feel like— all I can do is laugh.”
The second photographer comments, “Oh yeah, you have plenty of film. What do they think is like— do they think you’re not just gonna notice there’s rocks in there, that you’re not gonna return it? Literally, I don’t understand. I’m confused. It’s not like you don’t use it. Like, you can’t put rocks in your film camera.”
Video caption details lesson learned and viewers react
The video’s caption provides additional context from Katie. It says, “Thank God I had extra rolls of film other than this and that my second had film as well 😅 I have always bought portra from B&H but wanted to have extra for my next few weddings so I bought these from Amazon… lesson learned! Won’t be doing that again. I’ve also bought Kodak film before on Amazon and it’s been fine. Check your film peeps 🫠”
The video, which uses hashtags including #amazon and #weddingphotographer, prompted numerous comments from viewers. One commenter wrote, “I’m so glad you had extra because this is my literal nightmare the night before a wedding.” Another speculated on the cause, stating, “Someone ordered the film. Took the film out. Put rocks into the containers and sent them back for a refund.” The shock of finding a foreign object inside a sealed package is a recurring theme for online shoppers, as a woman once found something growing inside a bag of potato chips.
A different commenter shared a similar experience, writing, “This happened to me with a hard drive back in 2020. I contacted Amazon. They had me return it because I said it was a box of rocks. When they got it, they wouldn’t refund me the $2500 because I said I returned a box of rocks. How to dispute it with my credit card company and then I canceled my Amazon account that day.”
Other comments focused on the video itself. One user noted, “Side note: I love how even your bad review photo is perfectly styled. 😂” Another added a humorous take on the situation: “Amazon: ‘Please take a photo and send to us for a refund.’ You: ‘If only I had film to use for that photo….'”
