Intangible Assets and Acquisitions Intangible Assets and Acquisitions (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) store	Aug. 13, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charge	$ 0
Gross carrying amount	96,543,000	$ 87,547,000
Accumulated amortization	87,781,000	87,048,000
Amortization and impairment of intangibles	723,000	671,000	$ 4,908,000
Impairment of intangible asset			3,900,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Amortization Expense, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
2020 Estimated amortization expense	1,031,000
2021 Estimated amortization expense	906,000
2022 Estimated amortization expense	890,000
2023 Estimated amortization expense	890,000
2024 Estimated amortization expense	890,000
Thereafter Estimated amortization expense	4,155,000
Other intangible assets, net	8,762,000	499,000
Goodwill	13,700,000	169,000	1,217,000
Post purchase price allocation adjustments	$ (328,000)	62,000
Acquisition date	Aug. 13, 2019
Acquired entity	Merchants Preferred
Description of acquired entity	a nationwide provider of virtual lease-to-own services
Aggregate purchase price	$ 46,400,000
Total purchase price		2,048,000	2,547,000
Common stock consideration	701,918 shares of our common stock
Common stock price | $ / shares				$ 27.31
Working capital adjustment	$ 900,000
Rental merchandise		1,590,000	780,000
Goodwill	$ 70,217,000	$ 56,845,000	$ 56,614,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	54 months
Description of goodwill recognized	consists of the excess of the net purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired
Acquisition related expenses				$ 1,400,000
Number of stores acquired remaining open | store		1	0
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores | store		6	8
Number of transactions		7	4
Rent-A-Center Business [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Amortization Expense, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 66,000
Total purchase price	504,000
Rental merchandise	353,000
Goodwill	$ 1,500,000	$ 1,500,000
Number of stores acquired remaining open | store	0
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores | store	4
Number of transactions	4
Preferred Lease [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Amortization Expense, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
Total purchase price	$ 28,000,000.0
Goodwill	$ 68,700,000	55,300,000
Customer relationships [Member]
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Average life	2 years
Gross carrying amount	$ 80,036,000	79,942,000
Accumulated amortization	79,941,000	79,695,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Amortization Expense, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
Acquisition amounts allocated to finite-lived intangible assets		289,000	$ 550,000
Customer relationships [Member] | Rent-A-Center Business [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Amortization Expense, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
Acquisition amounts allocated to finite-lived intangible assets	$ 85,000
Vendor relationships [Member]
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Average life	9 years
Gross carrying amount	$ 9,760,000	860,000
Accumulated amortization	$ 1,113,000	860,000
Non-compete agreements [Member]
Intangible Assets and Acquisitions [Line Items]
Average life	3 years
Gross carrying amount	$ 6,747,000	6,745,000
Accumulated amortization	$ 6,727,000	$ 6,493,000
Merchants Preferred [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Amortization Expense, Rolling Maturity [Abstract]
Receivables				1,813,000
Prepaid expenses and other assets				154,000
Rental merchandise				17,904,000
Software				4,300,000
Right of use operating leases				404,000
Other intangible assets				8,900,000
Goodwill				13,403,000
Lease liabilities				(487,000)
Net identifiable assets acquired				$ 46,391,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	10 years