Intangible Assets and Acquisitions Intangible Assets and Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) store
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of stores acquired remaining open | store	0	0	5
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores | store	8	3	34
Number of transactions	4	3	24
Total purchase price	$ 2,547	$ 2,302	$ 25,488
Acquisition amounts allocated to goodwill	1,217	1,442	12,942
Acquisition amounts allocated to rental merchandise	$ 780	679	8,755
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	21 months
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charge	$ 0	151,320	1,170,000
Acquisition amounts allocated to goodwill	1,217	1,442	12,942
Post purchase price allocation adjustments	89	(17)
Goodwill impairments and write-offs related to stores sold or closed	0	152,239
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible asset	3,900	0
Gross carrying amount	87,278	93,390
Accumulated amortization	86,396	88,138
Goodwill	56,614	55,308	206,122
Amortization of impairment of intangibles	4,908	2,176	3,333
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Amortization Expense, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
2018 Estimated amortization expense	552
2019 Estimated amortization expense	310
2020 Estimated amortization expense	20
Thereafter Estimated amortization expense	0
Other intangible assets, net	882	5,252
Core Us [Member]
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Goodwill	1,300	0
Acceptance Now [Member]
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Goodwill	55,300	55,300
Customer relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition amounts allocated to finite-lived intangible assets	$ 550	181	2,625
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Average life	2 years
Gross carrying amount	$ 79,670	79,106
Accumulated amortization	$ 79,274	78,707
Vendor relationships [Member]
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Average life	11 years
Gross carrying amount	$ 860	7,538
Accumulated amortization	860	3,408
Non-compete agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition amounts allocated to finite-lived intangible assets	$ 0	0	$ 1,166
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Average life	3 years
Gross carrying amount	$ 6,748	6,746
Accumulated amortization	$ 6,262	$ 6,023