Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 174,033	$ 210,224	$ 537,107	$ 655,938
Net revenues	108,021	102,175	330,159	359,605
Operating expenses:
Store expenses	81,803	82,341	242,261	259,264
General and administrative	14,589	16,176	40,870	50,355
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets	0	0	0	47,060
Depreciation and amortization	7,419	7,679	23,080	23,174
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	255	90	1,260
Other charges	497	0	497	0
Total operating expenses	104,308	106,451	306,798	381,113
Operating income (loss)	3,713	(4,276)	23,361	(21,508)
Interest expense	5,569	5,379	16,542	16,589
Interest income	(512)	(628)	(1,918)	(2,412)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(643)	1,183	(2,409)	5,896
Other expense (income)	65	28	(389)	(215)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(766)	(10,238)	11,535	(41,366)
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,804	(4,751)	4,476	3,757
Net (loss) income	$ (2,570)	$ (5,487)	$ 7,059	$ (45,123)
Basic (loss) earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.05)	$ (0.10)	$ 0.13	$ (0.81)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.05)	$ (0.10)	$ 0.13	$ (0.81)
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding (in shares)	55,898	55,068	55,639	55,395
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding (in shares)	55,898	55,068	55,653	55,395
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 107,808	$ 136,537	$ 330,816	$ 393,095
Cost of revenues	60,539	91,859	190,872	261,711
Jewelry scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	5,673	20,303	18,507	41,709
Cost of revenues	5,473	16,158	16,076	33,529
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	60,431	52,460	187,356	217,407
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues	121	924	428	3,727
Cost of revenues	$ 0	$ 32	$ 0	$ 1,093