CD skipping should not happen on newer technology CD players built in the 2000's...and lest we forget one additional advantage CD's have is they offer the original, sonically full dynamic range recordings, remember the AAD, ADD and DDD recording quality mark in the fine print of your CD collection, that is what I am talking about.
That means the CD music you have in your library is NOT a compressed formats, like MP3 or IPOD, AND you don't have to buy, download or re-record over and over again! Get that CD player fixed or replaced...When CD's fall out of favor, and compressed sonically inferior audio MP3/IPOD files become standard fare, we will all lose our audio libraries to the pay per listen/view all the recording companies are fighting for.