Progressive Acquisition Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Apr. 14, 2014 retail_location state		Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2014		Sep. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisitions of businesses and contracts				$ 700,509,000		$ 10,898,000	$ 30,799,000
Progressive-related transaction costs	371,000	5,500,000	803,000	6,638,000		0	0
Progressive Finance Holdings, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pro forma information, earnings or loss of acquiree since acquisition date, actual				549,500,000
Pro forma information, income taxes of acquiree since acquisition date, actual				4,600,000
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired								100.00%
Estimated Purchase Price								705,810,000	[1]
Cash acquired from acquisition								5,800,000
Number of retail locations (over 15,000)								15,000
Number of states in which entity operates								46
Deferred Cash Consideration								29,106,000
Cash Consideration								185,454,000
Receivables				27,581,000	[2]			27,581,000	[1],[2]	27,581,000	[2]	27,581,000	[2]
Customer receivables, gross								22,700,000
Customer receivables, allowance for doubtful accounts								10,900,000
Business acquisition, goodwill, expected tax deductible amount								245,800,000
Goodwill										(8,000,000)	[3],[4]	11,226,000	[3],[4]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life								10 years 7 months 6 days
Progressive-related transaction costs				6,600,000
Debt issuance cost				2,300,000
Proceeds from Long-term Debt				(491,300,000)
Progressive Finance Holdings, LLC | Escrow Deposit [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deferred Cash Consideration														3,300,000
Progressive Finance Holdings, LLC | Primary Escrow Deposit
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash Consideration								35,800,000
Escrow deposit, distribution term								15 months
Progressive Finance Holdings, LLC | Secondary Escrow Deposit
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash Consideration								15,800,000
Escrow deposit, distribution term								36 months
Receivables								15,800,000
Progressive Finance Holdings, LLC | Forecast
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deferred Cash Consideration															$ 3,600,000

[1] As previously reported in the notes to consolidated financial statements included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014.

[2] Receivables include $15.8 million related to the secondary escrow amount, which the Company expects to recover prior to termination of the escrow agreement 36 months from the April 14, 2014 closing date. The gross amount due under customer-related receivables acquired was $22.7 million, of which $10.9 million was expected to be uncollectible.

[3] The total goodwill recognized in conjunction with the Progressive acquisition has been assigned to the Progressive operating segment. Of the goodwill recognized as part of this acquisition, $245.8 million is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The primary reasons the purchase price of the acquisition exceeded the fair value of the net assets acquired, which resulted in the recognition of goodwill, is related to synergistic value created from the combination of Progressive’s virtual customer payment capabilities with the Company’s leading traditional lease-to-own model. Goodwill also includes certain other intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition, such as an assembled workforce.The Company has made certain estimates in its acquisition accounting r

[4] The measurement period adjustments primarily related to the resolution of certain sales tax exposures and other tax contingencies subsequent to the acquisition date, which also impacted the fair value estimates of lease merchandise, as well as the finalization of appraisals of intangible assets by the Company’s independent consultants.