Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Consumer Loans Facility (Details) - Grupo Finmart [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
Feb. 17, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted cash for interest and trust maintenance costs	$ 2.1
Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of agreement	2 years
Term of debt		2 years
Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member] \| Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.50%
Interest rate at period end		5.80%
Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member] \| Intangible Assets, Net [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs		$ 1.8

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Securitization Transaction Agreement, Term

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28555-108399

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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