Exhibit 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Experts and to the use
of  our  report  dated  September  27,  2002,  with  respect to the consolidated
financial  statements  of  USA Technologies, Inc., and our report dated June 28,
2002,  except for paragraph 3 of Note 11, as to which the date is July 26, 2002,
with  respect  to  the  financial  statements  of Stitch Networks Corporation in
Amendment  No.  1  to  the Registration Statement (Form SB-2 No. 333-101032) and
related Prospectus of USA Technologies, Inc. for the registration of 166,916,439
shares  of  its  common  stock.


                                                 /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia,   Pennsylvania
April  17, 2003