With other turntables, If a record is playing when opening or closing the lid, this could cause a jarring that might cause a skip or scratch your valuable records

It would start skipping at that point and the stop button did not work

It would start skipping at that point and the stop button did not work

Intermittent skipping occurred on first try.

The weight of the arm is not enough, and each album skips, unless I tap the arm down at start.

Cleaning the records before playing them helps, in most cases, although some surfaces seemingly remained dirty by definition, and skipped, or the needle became stuck, no matter what.

Good s***.