For example, when I was looking at 2080ti's, they where around 1.8-2.2k in Australia (depends if you buy it from eBay with discount codes, or from an official computer store), and they go for around 2.5k in Germany and Denmark.
How well did you look? A non-reference 2080ti (
https://geizhals.eu/palit-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-dual-ne6208t020lc-150a-a1909911.html) could be had for 1169 EUR which was 1870 AUD a year ago.
That's mostly German stores where the primary VAT rate is set at 19%, in Denmark it would probably have been several percent more as their primary VAT rate is set at 25%. There are no import fees/duties for most electronics including computer parts when importing from China to the EU.
I haven't been looking at German prices since the RTX series came out, a lot more experience with the Danish market in recent years.
In Australia, if you buy from a brick and mortar store, the cards I was looking for which where the MSI GAMING X TRIO 2080ti's (best series of card ever, been using them for 5 years and have never had an issue with any of those cards), and they for a bit less then 2000, somewhere around the 1.9k region, 1.8k if you have eBay codes (this is AUD BTW).
In Denmark their major retailers are letting them go for around 2.2k, around a 10 percent increase in price, which is a fair chunk of change. Actually found a second hand one for 1500, bought some other parts (except case) and ended saving up 400 AUD (not including GPU)!