I checked for a total price with shipping to California for 12. I was totally confused by the ad and after the his email, I'm still confused. But the bottom line is that 12 will be $153 with $65 of that being shipping (shipping for a pair is $18).
That's twice as many as I really need so I think I'll just order 6 and hope that these come up for sale again when I'm a little more flush.
If anyone wants to go in with me and add to my order, PM me. I won't order till 11/08/2009 about 9pm pst.