Exhibit 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

      We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No.  333-00000)  pertaining to the  registration  of 500,000 shares of
Common Stock of USA  Technologies,  Inc. of our report dated September 10, 2004,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements of USA Technologies,  Inc.
included in its Annual  Report  (Form  10-KSB) for the year ended June 30, 2004,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                  /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 1, 2004