Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 94,014	$ 93,137	$ 311,941	$ 310,628
Jewelry scrapping sales	11,230	10,588	33,631	47,521
Pawn service charges	62,473	57,599	193,197	181,996
Consumer loan fees and interest	2,201	2,708	6,603	7,517
Other revenues	232	587	548	2,047
Total revenues	170,150	164,619	545,920	549,709
Merchandise cost of goods sold	60,140	61,460	194,731	206,430
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	9,110	8,580	28,271	37,609
Consumer loan bad debt	506	771	1,549	2,197
Net revenues	100,394	93,808	321,369	303,473
Operations	73,172	71,455	221,446	213,335
Administrative	14,481	16,860	50,085	44,212
Depreciation and amortization	6,274	7,537	20,422	22,448
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(41)	82	641	725
Restructuring	0	37	1,910	763
Interest expense	3,936	3,783	12,014	12,456
Interest income	(50)	(84)	(66)	(223)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,694)	(1,822)	(5,626)	(338)
Other expense (income)	500	(222)	815	953
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	3,816	(3,818)	19,728	9,142
Segments
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	94,014	93,137	311,941	310,628
Jewelry scrapping sales	11,230	10,588	33,631	47,521
Pawn service charges	62,473	57,599	193,197	181,996
Consumer loan fees and interest	2,201	2,708	6,603	7,517
Other revenues	232	587	548	2,047
Total revenues	170,150	164,619	545,920	549,709
Merchandise cost of goods sold	60,140	61,460	194,731	206,430
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	9,110	8,580	28,271	37,609
Consumer loan bad debt	506	771	1,549	2,197
Net revenues	100,394	93,808	321,369	303,473
Operations	73,172	71,455	221,446	213,335
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	3,664	4,964	11,937	14,721
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(64)	66	618	340
Restructuring		0	1,727	0
Interest expense	25	10	228	25
Interest income	(24)	(40)	(25)	(95)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,694)	(1,822)	(5,626)	(338)
Other expense (income)	759	354	811	1,084
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	24,556	18,821	90,253	74,401
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	79,826	77,126	266,560	259,040
Jewelry scrapping sales	10,918	9,614	32,117	44,012
Pawn service charges	54,395	49,609	169,630	158,961
Consumer loan fees and interest	0	0	0	0
Other revenues	39	162	281	570
Total revenues	145,178	136,511	468,588	462,583
Merchandise cost of goods sold	50,586	50,083	164,288	170,190
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	8,845	7,648	27,033	34,444
Consumer loan bad debt	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	85,747	78,780	277,267	257,949
Operations	62,733	58,902	187,518	176,329
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,888	3,707	9,489	10,766
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(51)	60	502	77
Restructuring		0	982	0
Interest expense	0	3	125	16
Interest income	(1)	(10)	(2)	(41)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other expense (income)	0	12	0	12
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	20,178	16,106	78,653	70,790
Segments | Mexico Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	14,187	15,447	45,376	49,910
Jewelry scrapping sales	312	886	1,493	3,210
Pawn service charges	8,078	7,990	23,567	23,035
Consumer loan fees and interest	0	0	0	0
Other revenues	157	274	231	783
Total revenues	22,734	24,597	70,667	76,938
Merchandise cost of goods sold	9,554	11,027	30,442	35,191
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	265	867	1,222	2,948
Consumer loan bad debt	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	12,915	12,703	39,003	38,799
Operations	8,744	10,801	28,961	31,727
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	720	1,097	2,285	3,442
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(13)	7	116	264
Restructuring		0	543	0
Interest expense	25	7	103	9
Interest income	(23)	(30)	(23)	(54)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other expense (income)	759	352	808	1,072
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	2,703	469	6,210	2,339
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	1	564	5	1,678
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	88	21	299
Pawn service charges	0	0	0	0
Consumer loan fees and interest	2,201	2,708	6,603	7,517
Other revenues	36	151	36	694
Total revenues	2,238	3,511	6,665	10,188
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	350	1	1,049
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	65	16	217
Consumer loan bad debt	506	771	1,549	2,197
Net revenues	1,732	2,325	5,099	6,725
Operations	1,695	1,752	4,967	5,279
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	56	160	163	513
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	(1)	0	(1)
Restructuring		0	202	0
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,694)	(1,822)	(5,626)	(338)
Other expense (income)	0	(10)	3	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	1,675	2,246	5,390	1,272
Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0	0	0
Consumer loan fees and interest	0	0	0	0
Other revenues	0	0	0	0
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	0
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	14,481	16,860	50,085	44,212
Depreciation and amortization	2,610	2,573	8,485	7,727
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	23	16	23	385
Restructuring		37	183	763
Interest expense	3,911	3,773	11,786	12,431
Interest income	(26)	(44)	(41)	(128)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other expense (income)	(259)	(576)	4	(131)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$ (20,740)	$ (22,639)	$ (70,525)	$ (65,259)