I possibly thought wrong :
1) I thought smashtv is an electronic-shop like there are many.
Nope, he is the only one who has profesionally made pcb for midibox projects.
2) I thought Tim has connections in some way with that electronic-shop smashtv.
Tim=smashtv
3) I thought smashtv has many kits, like shown on there website, possible to be orderded.
He has a lot of pcb most of them ready to ship, but you are signed up for a kit and with hard smd soldering todo, it's not that easy.
4) I thought Tim just needs to group and pass the 'MB-SEQ V3/V4 PCB Bulk Order' to smashtv which would collect all PCB's and parts for him.
Look at 2.
5) I think (thought) all soldering needs to be done by myself, except the smd on the older core-boards (now probably replaced by the Expresso-board).
Collecting and sorting all the parts needed for a kit is not an easy task. It is a lot of work.
6) I thought Tim's job is to create all seperate collection for each person on that order-list.
Job is a big word. He invests a lot of time in the Midibox community. A big part of his time is involved in the smashtv shop. As i said to collect the parts and soldering the board is not a simple task. It is time consuming.