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Long-term Debt (Details Textual) (USD $) | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2012 Bank | Jan. 30, 2012 | May 10, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Revolving credit facility |  |  | $ 175,000,000
Ownership Percentage Interest |  | 60.00% |
Long Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of banks involved in line of credit facility | 5 |  |
Line of credit potential maximum | 225,000,000 |  |
Term loan outstanding | 17,500,000 |  |
Interest rate description of credit agreement, minimum | interest rate of LIBOR plus 250 basis points or the bank’s base rate plus 150 basis points |  |
Interest rate description | LIBOR plus 200 to 275 basis points or the bank’s base rate plus 100 to 175 basis points |  |
Commitment fee description | commitment fee of 37.5 to 50 basis points depending on our leverage ratio calculated at the end of each quarter |  |
Maturity period of new credit agreement | 4 years |  |
Interbank offered rate | LIBOR |  |
Minimum interest rate of LIBOR on unused amount of credit facility | 2.50% |  |
Minimum bank base rate on unused amount of credit facility | 1.50% |  |
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility | 0.50% |  |
Crediamigo [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Ownership Percentage Interest |  | 60.00% |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate to the lenders | 2.75% |  |
Bank base rate | 1.75% |  |
Commitment fee | 0.50% |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate to the lenders | 2.00% |  |
Bank base rate | 1.00% |  |
Commitment fee | 0.375% |  |
Domestic line of credit up to $175000 due 2015 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Revolving credit facility | 175,000,000 |  |
10% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate of notes | 10.00% |  |
16% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate of notes | 16.00% |  |
20% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate of notes | 20.00% |  |
14% secured notes due 2013 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Monthly payment | 100,000 |  |
Interest rate of notes | 14.00% |  |
17% secured notes due 2014 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Monthly payment | 1,000,000 |  |
Interest rate of notes | 17.00% |  |
25% secured notes due 2015 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate of notes | 25.00% |  |
18% secured notes due 2015 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Increase in monthly payment | $ 700,000 |  |
Interest rate of notes | 18.00% |  |
20% secured notes due 2015 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate of notes | 20.00% |  |
10% unsecured notes due 2016 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest rate of notes | 10.00% |  |

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