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 12, 2003,  except for Note 17, as to which the
date is September  30, 2003, in Amendment  No. 3 to the  Registration  Statement
(Form SB-2 No. 333-101032) and related Prospectus of USA Technologies,  Inc. for
the registration of 94,935,243 shares of its common stock.





                                                 /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 30, 2003