Say I see something I can't live without on Ebay...Not like a liver or kidney, but something like a nice roll-top desk. The ad says "local pick-up only". How do I go about finding a shipper or trucking company to go to where this item is, pack it up and bring it to me, or to a location nearby me?

A service like this might help.
Expert Packaging, Crating & Shipping Company | Craters & Freighters

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Watch the TV show Shipping Wars. Hire Jennifer.

Jennifer Brennan - Meet the Shippers - aetv.com

But seriously I guess it depends where the item is and where you live as to who you hire. Not enough information to go on. Is it cross country or around the corner??

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Still Running Against the Wind

You can put it on shipping.com and people looking for a hotshot load will bid down on the shipping. Apparently A&E has now built a show around it.
If you have any local hotshot trucking companies call and see if they have any trucks in that area needing a back haul. Back haul rates are usually half.

PA to southeast MI, for example.

I thought it was stripper....never mind.

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Any "blanket wrap" moving company will do that. I have used United Van Lines but any of the larger companies should be trustworthy. They will sometimes wait until they have a truck in the area that has some space left.

We moved medical equipment using them all the time. No real problems in doing this for 30 years.

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Thanks all,

I used "uship" and put my offer in and literally 1 minute later got a reply from a guy who was headed back this way from NYC. We worked out a price of $200.00 to pick up a roll-top desk tomorrow to be here on weds.