Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Components of Income Tax Expense (Table Details) [Abstract]
Current expense - Federal	$ 86,839,000	$ 4,154,000	$ 749,000
Current expense - State	10,428,000	6,547,000	8,656,000
Current expense - Foreign	3,100,000	3,762,000	4,220,000
Current expense - Total	100,367,000	14,463,000	13,625,000
Deferred expense - Federal	7,538,000	76,936,000	85,866,000
Deferred expense - State	(4,006,000)	1,145,000	3,624,000
Deferred expense - Foreign	(142,000)	(631,000)	0
Deferred income taxes	3,390,000	77,450,000	89,490,000
Total	103,757,000	91,913,000	103,115,000
Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities) (Table Details) [Abstract]
Federal net operating loss carryforwards	7,873,000	63,057,000
State net operating loss carryforwards	14,711,000	16,506,000
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards	0	2,989,000
Accrued liabilities	49,426,000	48,928,000
Other assets including credits	1,402,000	65,000
Foreign tax credit carryforwards	6,771,000	4,434,000
Total deferred tax assets	80,183,000	135,979,000
Valuation allowance	(319,000)	(930,000)
Rental merchandise	(252,464,000)	(327,222,000)
Property assets	(32,815,000)	(25,508,000)
Intangible assets	(97,695,000)	(80,030,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(382,974,000)	(432,760,000)
Net deferred taxes	303,110,000	297,711,000
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Number of issues in disagreement with case law applied by IRS	1
Tax benefits if recognized - affect annual effective rax rate	7,200,000
Accured for payment of interest related to unrecogized tax benefits	1,400,000
Interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits	107,000
Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense (Table Details) [Abstract]
Tax at federal statutory rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit (expense)	1.50%	1.90%	2.90%
Effect of foreign operations, net of foreign tax credits	(0.20%)	0.30%	0.50%
Other, net	(0.20%)	(1.40%)	(0.90%)
Total	36.10%	35.80%	37.50%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Table Details) [Abstract]
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning balance	9,656,000	6,675,000
Additions based on tax positions related to current year		800,000
Additions for tax positions of prior years	1,411,000	2,650,000
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(489,000)	(152,000)
Settlements	(411,000)	(317,000)
Unrecognized tax benefits, ending balance	10,167,000	9,656,000	6,675,000
Federal [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	22,500,000
Expiration date range	2020 and 2023
State [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 303,900,000
Foreign [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Expiration date range	2020 and 2022