Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of retail installment sales stores						45
Number of Stores in Mexico						177
Royalty fee percentage, minimum						2.00%
Royalty fee percentag, maximum						6.00%
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 764,363,000	$ 768,426,000	$ 828,473,000	$ 1,596,899,000	$ 2,361,262,000	$ 3,157,796,000	$ 3,094,018,000	$ 3,075,671,000
Gross profit	539,758,000	537,024,000	562,550,000	1,099,574,000	1,639,332,000	2,184,363,000	2,153,493,000	2,137,464,000
Operating profit	45,920,000	40,390,000	59,458,000	99,848,000	145,768,000	193,462,000	247,009,000	313,029,000
Depreciation, amortization and write-down of intangibles						87,399,000	87,980,000	79,249,000
Capital expenditures						83,785,000	108,367,000	102,453,000
Rental merchandise on rent, net						960,414,000	913,476,000	804,798,000
Rental merchandise held for rent, net						277,442,000	210,722,000	201,621,000
Assets						3,271,197,000	3,018,175,000	2,859,085,000
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit						359,219,000	379,401,000	436,077,000
Depreciation, amortization and write-down of intangibles						71,339,000	71,858,000	64,121,000
Capital expenditures						39,225,000	59,299,000	73,851,000
Assets						3,002,875,000	2,909,116,000	2,751,723,000
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit						(165,757,000)	(132,392,000)	(123,048,000)
Depreciation, amortization and write-down of intangibles						16,060,000	16,122,000	15,128,000
Capital expenditures						44,560,000	49,068,000	28,602,000
Assets						268,322,000	109,059,000	107,362,000
Core U.S. [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues						2,414,659,000	2,527,660,000	2,681,844,000
Gross profit						1,753,269,000	1,822,243,000	1,919,230,000
Operating profit						264,967,000	311,301,000	415,744,000
Depreciation, amortization and write-down of intangibles						61,555,000	64,042,000	55,868,000
Capital expenditures						31,228,000	44,715,000	61,137,000
Rental merchandise on rent, net						593,945,000	611,375,000	589,811,000
Rental merchandise held for rent, net						264,211,000	195,926,000	193,251,000
Assets						2,519,770,000	2,479,297,000	2,428,209,000
Acceptance Now [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues						644,853,000	489,425,000	333,118,000
Gross profit						372,012,000	290,647,000	196,050,000
Operating profit						112,918,000	89,075,000	41,344,000
Depreciation, amortization and write-down of intangibles						2,917,000	2,287,000	4,000,000
Capital expenditures						3,833,000	3,047,000	2,044,000
Rental merchandise on rent, net						345,703,000	284,421,000	204,640,000
Rental merchandise held for rent, net						4,897,000	3,837,000	3,007,000
Assets						420,660,000	358,305,000	274,765,000
Mexico [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues						72,202,000	47,171,000	22,502,000
Gross profit						51,070,000	33,945,000	15,291,000
Operating profit						(21,961,000)	(22,828,000)	(23,337,000)
Depreciation, amortization and write-down of intangibles						6,683,000	5,450,000	4,164,000
Capital expenditures						4,164,000	11,537,000	10,670,000
Rental merchandise on rent, net						20,766,000	17,680,000	10,347,000
Rental merchandise held for rent, net						8,334,000	10,959,000	5,363,000
Assets						59,841,000	69,826,000	46,038,000
Franchising [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues						26,082,000	29,762,000	38,207,000
Gross profit						8,012,000	6,658,000	6,893,000
Operating profit						3,295,000	1,853,000	2,326,000
Depreciation, amortization and write-down of intangibles						184,000	79,000	89,000
Capital expenditures						0	0	0
Assets						$ 2,604,000	$ 1,688,000	$ 2,711,000