Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long term debt instruments

The following table presents our long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations outstanding at December 31, 2012 and 2011 and September 30, 2011:

	December 31, 2012				December 31, 2011		September 30, 2012
	Carrying Amount		Debt Premium		Carrying Amount		Carrying Amount		Debt Premium
	(in thousands)
Recourse to EZCORP:
Domestic line of credit up to $175,000 due 2015	$	142,600	$	—	$	40,500	$	130,000	$	—
Capital lease obligations	1,304		—		—		1,589		—
Non-recourse to EZCORP:
Unsecured, variable interest foreign currency line of credit	38		—		—		—		—
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $3,800 due 2014	2,256		173		—		2,629		199
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19,000 due 2015	14,146		—		—		16,073		—
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23,000 due 2017	17,212		—		—		11,263		—
Consumer loans facility due 2017	32,338		—		—		32,679		—
10% unsecured notes due 2013	937		—		—		1,766		—
15% unsecured notes due 2013	13,844		1,052		—		14,262		1,334
16% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—		—		5,248		108
10% unsecured notes due 2014	2,257		—		—		963		—
11% unsecured notes due 2014	5,086		—		—		—		—
10% unsecured notes due 2015	314		—		—		427		—
15% secured notes due 2015	4,390		539		—		4,488		597
10% unsecured notes due 2016	122		—		—		123		—
Total long-term obligations	236,844		1,764		40,500		221,510		2,238
Less current portion	28,095		1,353		—		21,679		1,497
Total long-term and capital lease obligations	$	208,749	$	411	$	40,500	$	199,831	$	741