This should be simple...

[kobra]

This is a sessions issue and you must be logged in to proceed. What you are trying to do is "Not require login" to buy and Zen Cart does not allow this. Others have tried and you can search the forum for this and see the results but I have not seen any that are stable

[DavidJ7]

At this point I don't even want them buying from the site, I want them to prepare their order and then order over the phone, local pick up and local delivery, until the vendor is ready to process online orders and has production streamlined enough to handle it.

Can the cart be "fooled" into thinking the user is logged in? Or comment out all the fields on the log in page and include the shopping cart main page info?
Thanks DJ

[kobra]

Others have tried and you can search the forum for this and see the results but I have not seen any that are stable

Again you are asking how to defeat the login requirement....Proceed at your own risk