Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Components of Income Tax Expense (Table Details) [Abstract]
Current expense - Federal	$ 45,784,000	$ 86,839,000	$ 4,154,000
Current expense - State	5,888,000	10,428,000	6,547,000
Current expense - Foreign	5,659,000	3,100,000	3,762,000
Current expense - Total	57,331,000	100,367,000	14,463,000
Deferred expense - Federal	20,427,000	6,589,000	76,336,000
Deferred expense - State	2,494,000	(4,069,000)	1,090,000
Deferred expense - Foreign	(1,134,000)	(142,000)	(631,000)
Deferred income taxes	21,787,000	2,378,000	76,795,000
Total	79,118,000	102,745,000	91,258,000
Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities) (Table Details) [Abstract]
Federal net operating loss carryforwards	1,798,000	7,873,000
State net operating loss carryforwards	15,072,000	14,711,000
Accrued liabilities	54,875,000	52,909,000
Other assets including credits	2,619,000	1,402,000
Foreign tax credit carryforwards	10,584,000	6,771,000
Total deferred tax assets	84,948,000	83,666,000
Valuation allowance	(319,000)	(319,000)
Rental merchandise	(256,912,000)	(252,464,000)
Property assets	(42,357,000)	(32,815,000)
Intangible assets	(108,686,000)	(97,695,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(407,955,000)	(382,974,000)
Net deferred taxes	(323,326,000)	(299,627,000)
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)	2.60%	1.50%	1.90%
Effect of foreign operations, net of foreign tax credits	0.40%	(0.20%)	0.30%
Other, net	0.20%	(0.20%)	(1.40%)
Total	38.20%	36.10%	35.80%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Table Details) [Abstract]
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning balance	10,167,000	9,656,000
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	50,000
Additions for tax positions of prior years	3,742,000	1,411,000
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(786,000)	(489,000)
Settlements		(411,000)
Unrecognized tax benefits, ending balance	13,173,000	10,167,000	9,656,000
Tax benefits if recognized - affect annual effective rax rate	9,000,000
Accured for payment of interest related to unrecogized tax benefits	1,800,000
Interest expense related to unrecognized tax benefits	455,000
Number of issues in disagreement with case law applied by IRS	1
Federal [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	5,100,000
Federal [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Expiration date range	Dec. 31, 2020
Federal [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Expiration date range	Dec. 31, 2023
State [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	304,600,000
State [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Expiration date range	Dec. 31, 2014
State [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Expiration date range	Dec. 31, 2031
Foreign [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Tax credit carryforwards	$ 10,600,000
Foreign [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Expiration date range	Dec. 31, 2020
Foreign [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Expiration date range	Dec. 31, 2023