Skips end of some songs?

I recently bought a 5th gen 30GB iPOD video and I'm having an issue where it will skip the end of some songs about 3/4 the way through them. If I go back and play that song again, this does not happen. It seems to be random but honestly I haven't listened to it long enough to notice a pattern. It should be noted that I have shuffle on, crossfade off, and all of my music is in MP3 format of various bitrates.
Any have this problem or hear of it before? I searched but could not find any other complaints. I hate to take it back or in for repairs as it was a gift. Thanks in advance.

My own experiences with this issue on my 5th generation iPod below. It seems to be a software issue and not a specific problem with your particular iPod.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3210879&#3210879
or
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3455251&#3455251
Patrick

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