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Note B - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block] |
|  | Years Ended April 30, |
(In thousands) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Sales – used autos |  | $ | 368,674 |  |  | $ | 340,368 |  |  | $ | 300,107 |
Wholesales – third party |  |  | 19,718 |  |  |  | 21,910 |  |  |  | 19,601 |
Service contract sales |  |  | 14,594 |  |  |  | 13,451 |  |  |  | 12,042 |
Payment protection plan revenue |  |  | 12,754 |  |  |  | 11,128 |  |  |  | 10,109 |
Total |  | $ | 415,740 |  |  | $ | 386,857 |  |  | $ | 341,859 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of entity-wide revenues from external customers for each product or service or each group of similar products or services if the information is not provided as part of the reportable operating segment information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 + Details
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